While being arrested during an armed police raid and the meticulous search of his mansion in the neighborhood of Guanabacoa, Cuban reggaeton musician Gilberto Martinez Suarez told officers he had only 60 thousand dollars to live on in Cuba. The case of Martinez (stage name Gilbert Man) made headlines and news in Miami at the beginning of the year, after the police crackdown in his mansion was made known. The detainee is a fugitive from US justice who had left a wife and little girl behind in the United States and fled to Cuba to evade charges of credit card fraud for some US $150,000 in stores such as Toys-R-Us and Babies-R-Us.

With Friday afternoon’s 4-2 victory over Mexico, Venezuela wrapped up the qualification round undefeated and thus will face Cuba in the Saturday evening second semifinal game. The earlier semifinal faceoff will feature the DR (second place) and Mexico (third place). Game times Saturday are noon and 7:30 PM EST.

The slice of dry-cured Spanish ham comes with feta cheese and asparagus. It is a rather simple starter in the style of the locale, one of the most expensive private restaurants in Havana. The establishment is frequented by diplomats, sport figures, local artists, foreign businesspeople and many of the tourists who are arriving in Cuba.