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2006
 
   
The US Supreme Court rules that the military courts set up to try detainees in Guantanamo Bay are illegal   See in Google maps   
2008
 
   
After 49 years as president of Cuba, Fidel Castro resigns for reasons of ill health   See in Google maps   
2008
 
    
The National Assembly elects Fidel Castro's brother Raúl to succeed him as president of Cuba    See in Google maps   
2008
 
    
Hurricane Hanna causes more than 500 deaths in Haiti before moving on west to the United States (where it kills 7)    See in Google maps   
2009   January 22
 
   
One of President Obama's first acts in office is to sign an order that the Guantanamo Bay detention camp is to be closed within a year (a promise that fails to be fulfilled)   See in Google maps   
2010  January 12
 
   
Haiti is devastated by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, causing more than 230,000 deaths