Article III states that, “The Government of Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence…”. A good point to notice though is that it doesn’t state when intervention would be needed and under who's call. Earlier on in Article I, the US states that Cuba cannot enter any treaties with foreign powers that could hurt the independence of Cuba. America does not care for the well-being of Cuba until it starts to harm America itself. Article VII clearly supports this, “To maintain the independence of Cuba and to protect the people, the Cuban government will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling and naval stations…”. So not only have we taken away the rights of Cuban’s to make deals with countries, we have now stated it in writing that we can come and take land with a price from