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Cuba has a new defense minister, General Leopoldo Cintra Frias, who was the 70-year-old vice minister. He takes the post of Julio Casas Regueiro, who died of a heart attack two months earlier.

We will have occasional rain on Saturday with the coming of a cold front. On the remaining days we will be under anti-cyclonic influences, which will give us nice weather. Maximum temperatures will be around 27°C (81°F) and the minimum ones close to 23°C (73°F).

The Guadalajara 2011 Pan American Games came to a close on Sunday and the Cuban athletes finished in second place in the overall medals ranking, just as in the previous competitions in Rio de Janeiro 2007.

With two days remaining Cuba has assured a repeat in the second position in the medals standings in the Guadalajara 2011 Pan American Games.

What was the powerful hurricane Rina is now a mere tropical depression and the Cuban Weather Service (INSMET) has issued its last advisory on the storm.

Tropical Storm Rina is hours away from a possible landing on the Mexican Yucatan peninsula and the latest projections for its path afterwards are favoring Cuba.

Hurricane Rina is expected to take a north course in the coming hours bordering the Eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. Overnight the storm weakened some with maximum sustained winds now pegged at 75 mph (120 kph).

Due to the slow movement of Hurricane Rina and conditions in the upper atmosphere, this will decrease the storm’s intensity over the coming days. However, the period is expected to see plenty of rainfall, especially from late afternoon on Saturday until Tuesday.