No Man's Land

According to the terms of alease agreement between the United States and Cuba, signed in 1903 in the aftermath of the Spanish- American War and renegotiated in 1934, the base can only revert to Cuban jurisdiction with U.S. consent. [...] although formal diplomatic relations between the two countries ended in 1961, every year the U.S. Treasury Department issues a perfunctory $4,085 rent check to the government of Cuba, which authorities in Havana steadfastly refuse to cash.