Hicaco plant High ecological plasticity, environmental adaptability, resistance to salinity and contribution to the vegetal cover of the soil distinguish the icaco, a fruit species whose promotion is undertaken by Guantanamo environmentalists in the Alejandro de Humboldt National Park, a World Heritage Site.

Arroyo Hondo Monument in Guantanamo

It can be said that the Necessary War was saved on April 25, 1895 in the Combat of Arroyo Hondo, in Guantanamo, when the life of José Martí and Máximo Gómez, two leading Cuban independence leaders, were preserved, Local Historian José Sánchez Guerra said today.