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A Cuban border guard with the Frontier Brigade demonstrates her technique during a combat display near the border with the United States Guantanamo naval base at the south eastern tip of Cuba, October 8, 2000. Although the U.S. government says that Cuba poses no military threat after the end of the Cold War, it retains the base for training purposes and the Cubans feel compelled to guard their side because the Americans remain. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Jose Goitia)