As foreseen by the Guantanamo Defense Council, after 6:00 pm on Wednesday, the five-story multifamily building number 6 of Malecón Avenue, in Baracoa, was demolished, declared uninhabitable after the continuous damage caused by sea penetrations and the hit of the Hurricane Matthew in October 2016.

According to the statements of American officials, Cuban forces collaborated extinguishing the fire and the situation was controlled on Thursday night, February 22.

The elimination of illegalities in the coastal areas, the reforestation of the Toa river basin and the studies for the protection of the area near the Baracoa waterfront are included in Guantanamo in the actions of the Tarea Vida Program, a State plan for confronting climate change.

José Ramón Machado Ventura, second Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and candidate as deputy for the Parliament toured several areas of Guantanamo city to exchange with the voters, as a show of the genuine democracy that characterizes the electoral system in the country for the next term of office.

Luis Daniel, Abraham and Zaida are the names of the three Guantanamo dancers who compete in the second series of the television show Bailando en Cuba, which the Cubavision channel has been broadcasting for three consecutive Sundays.