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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales arrived in Cuba on Saturday night. They were welcomed at the Jose Martí International Airport by Cuban leader Raul Castro.

The same Miami court judge that sentenced the Cuban Five to long prison terms back in 2001 for conspiracy to commit espionage and other crimes has now continued her vendetta against Rene Gonzalez, the first of the five Cubans to be released.

Bolivian President Evo Morales travels to Cuba on Sunday where he will meet with his host President Raul Castro. Bolivia, like Cuba, is a member of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA).

An initial report from Cuba says the earth tremor off its southeastern coast was actually of 4.5 magnitude and not 6.0 quake as stated in numerous foreign press reports early on Thursday. No damage was reported in the initial report from Prensa Latina news agency.

Southeastern Cuba was shaken by a 6.0 magnitude earthquake off its coast early on Thursday, At 8:00 a.m. Cuba time no reports were available about any possible damage.

Former Gov. Bill Richardson returned to the US on Wednesday after leaving Cuba empty handed in his attempt to secure the release of convict Alan Gross. The weeklong visit by Richardson to Havana, and a strong rebuff yesterday from the Communist Party, was not covered by the Cuban press.

We will have some heat, which is typical for this time of the year, but nothing significant in terms of precipitation. The maximum temperatures will fluctuate around 32°C (90°F) and the minimum temperatures will be around 25°C (77°F).

Rene Gonzalez Sehwerert, one of the Cuban Five, is scheduled to be released from his US prison on October 7th. His attorney, Phil Horowitz, is asking the court to allow Gonzalez to immediately return to Cuba and join his family, instead of spending three years of parole in the USA.