The Treaty of Relations was signed in 1934 between the United States of America and Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

. It was part of the Good Neighbor Policy

Good Neighbor policy

The Good Neighbor policy was the foreign policy of the administration of United States President Franklin Roosevelt toward the countries of Latin America. Its main principle was that of non-intervention and non-interference in the domestic affairs of Latin America...

 developed by Franklin Roosevelt. The treaty rejected the Platt Amendment of 1901 which claimed US right to intervene in Cuban affairs if it recognized a threat to Cuban independence. Among other topics, it addressed the United States' control of Guantánamo Bay.

External links

• http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/us-cuba/treaty-5-29-34.htm.
• http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/dip_cuba001.asp. Original Text of the Treaty of Relations