Several activities including singing, dancing and handicrafts are part of the initiatives of the Desembarco del Granma special education school, in the city of Guantanamo, for the social inclusion of children and young people with Down syndrome in this territory.

The province of Guantanamo closed 2017 with 50.38 percent of forest index, the highest in the country, notwithstanding the devastation caused to the forest by Hurricane Matthew.

The leadership of the territory is guaranteed by the 306 thousand 101 hectares covered with trees, of which 257 thousand 465 correspond to natural forests and 48 thousand 636 to plantations developed by man.

An amount greater than 13 million 228 thousand pesos for personal income were contributed in Guantanamo by the more than 5 thousand taxpayers summoned by the Finance Statement Campaign that ended last April.

The proceeds exceeded by more than five million the income received during the previous year, Arelis Torreblanca, an official at the National Office of Tax Administration, ONAT, told CMKS.

With more than 30 thousand magnetic cards in circulation and 900 customers using software for remote banking in mobiles, both by digital system, the Banco Popular de Ahorro (BPA) in Guantanamo confirms its commitment to new technologies in the development of its management and financial progress of the country.

There are many activities carried out voluntarily by the Guantanamo Red Cross in various sectors of society, with a view to preventing and alleviating human suffering.

From that vision, they join the National Disaster Risk Reduction Week that takes place throughout the territory, highlights Wilfredo Piñeiro Luque, Head of Operations and Relief in the province, known by its acronym GEOS.