Cubans still reside on Guantánamo Bay base decades after US-Cuba relations deteriorated

In a small neighborhood on the base known as Center Bargo, one of the many military housing complexes where the 6,000 military service members, civilians and other residents of the base reside, sits the Cuban Community Center. The squat government building is one of the only reminders of a country and culture that the 45-square-mile base leases its land from.While there is little communication outside of these meetings, there is occasional coordination. In February 2018, Cuban military and firefighters helped the base put out a wildfire that exploded land mines on the Cuban side and threatened houses on the base.US officials say they removed thousands of the land mines placed around the base years ago and replaced them with lights and motion sensors.CNN’s Patrick Oppmann contributed to this report.