Miscellanea

• An El Salvadoran national detained in Caracas will be extradited “in the coming hours” to Cuba, where he is wanted for a string of terrorist bombings in the late 1990s. [Wall Street Journal]

• Some changes are in the works for Radio and TV Martí. [Radio World]

• Spanish FM: Spain hopes Cuba’s agreement with Roman Catholic leaders that led to the release of one political prisoner for health reasons and transfers to jails closer to home for a dozen others is just the beginning. [AP]

• Prominent Cuban dissident, Guillermo Fariñas, continues his hunger strike and has developed a blood clot that could kill him, Cuba’s government said in an unprecedented official report in the Communist Party state-run newspaper. [Los Angeles Times]

• Local leaders of Cuba’s Communist Party want to expel a prominent academic for an article decrying widespread corruption. [AP]

• U.S. Congress reviewing Cuban sanctions, may lift travel ban. [WaPo]

• Council on Foreign Relations and its Cuban agent of influence. [Babalú Blog]

(Image: Ique from Jornal do Brasil.)

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