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Ciego de Avila dealt a crushing blow to Granma in Game 5 of their Eastern Division playoff series on Monday, scoring 10 runs in the top of the ninth to win 17-3. In the Western Division, Cienfuegos (2-3) stayed alive by winning a 14-10 slugfest over Pinar del Rio (3-2).

Game four in the Cuban baseball semifinal Western Division playoffs left Cienfuegos on the ropes down three games to one after losing 10-0 on Sunday. In the East, Ciego de Avila rebounded from an early 4-0 deficit to win 8-4 and tie their series with Granma at two games each.

Cuba’s baseball semifinal playoffs see Game 4 action on Sunday with Pinar del Rio and Granma both taking 2-1 series leads on Saturday.

Ciego de Avila and Cienfuegos managed to tie their playoff semifinals with Granma and Pinar del Rio and the four teams square off in game three on Saturday.

In the eyes of the US justice system, fugitive plane and hotel bomber Luis Posada Carriles, 83, has a clean slate. Finally taken to court for lying to US immigration officials about how he snuck into the United States back in 2005, Posada, a long-time CIA operative, will continue to live freely in Miami.

The Cuban government concluded the process of releasing political prisoners begun in 2010, after 115 opposition members were freed, among them 52 of the ones convicted in 2003, the Spanish Foreign Ministry reported in a communiqué. Out of that group, only a dozen decided to remain on the island, while the rest travelled to the European country.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez questioned the international community’s commitment with the recovery of Haiti, more than a year after the earthquake that devastated that Caribbean country, when speaking at U.N. Security Council. Rodríguez criticized the use of the financial aid in programs not controlled by the Haitian government and highlighted the island’s cooperation in the reconstruction of the public health system.