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Tropical Strom Don moves farther northwest of Cuba as it makes it way into the Gulf of Mexico and headed for Texas, notes forecasters on Thursday morning.

Cuba’s First VP, Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, is off to Lima, Peru for the swearing in on Thursday of President Ollanta Humala. Machado is fresh off his role as keynote speaker at the July 26th National Rebelliousness Day commemoration.

All preparations are made for tomorrow’s July 26 commemoration of National Rebelliousness Day in the central Cuban city of Ciego de Avila. It is customary for the Cuban president to give the keynote speech at the close of the remembrance.

The Cuban government has decided to discontinue the student brigades that carried out work during vacations, do to their not being cost effective.

The silence over the whereabouts of Cuban star outfielder Yoennis Cespedes took a new turn this week when he was reported to have left the island in search of a big Major League Baseball contract.

Hugo Chavez was visited in Havana Friday by former Argentine soccer astro Dieo Maradona. Chavez is undergoing a series of chemotherapy treatments to fight the spread of cancer.

The members of the 22nd Pastors for Peace Friendship Caravan to Cuba arrived to Havana on Friday in defiance of the half century US blockade and the travel ban on its own citizens from visiting the island without special permission.

An appeal hearing for imprisoned US citizen Alan Gross takes place on Friday in Havana. Gross has already served 20 months in jail of his 15-year sentence for endangering Cuba’s national security.

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa arrived in Havana on Thursday and met with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and hosts Fidel and Raul Castro. Correa had made an unplanned trip to Cuba to see Chavez who is undergoing chemotherapy treatment.