Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the country, leads the pilgrimage that takes place in Baracoa in commemoration of the 130th anniversary of the landing on Duaba Beach of Major Generals of the Liberation Army, Antonio and Jose Maceo and Flor Crombet and other patriots, aboard the schooner Honor, for the resumption of the Necessary War.
Just from January 1 to March 3, 136 forest fires occurred in the country that damaged 813.14 hectares, reported in Havana the Cuban Forest Rangers Corps (CGC by its Spanish acronym), of the Ministry of Interior.