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Platt Amendment (1901)
A US congressional amendment incorporated into Cuba's constitution that gave the USA the right to intervene in Cuban affairs, required Cuba to lease naval bases to the USA, and vetoed Cuba's ability to sign treaties with other powers or incur debts beyond a certain level. It made Cuba nominally independent but functionally a US protectorate, and remained in force until 1934.
Tiempo Muerto
The dead season of seasonal unemployment in Cuba's sugar-dependent economy, when sugarcane workers had no paid work for several months each year outside the harvest.