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Cuba Playoffs: 3 Teams on the Brink

Santiago de Cuba, Guantanamo and Cienfuegos are all on the brink of elimination in the first round of the Cuban League Baseball Playoffs taking place since last week.

Comptroller Calls for Tighter Controls

Cuba’s Comptroller Gladys Bejerano Portela told the press on Wednesday that 40 percent of the State businesses her office inspected in 2009 were either deficient or highly deficient in their controls. The official said tighter internal controls are needed.

Cuba FM blames US for Dissident Death

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez held the United States responsible for the death of opposition member Orlando Zapata, who had been a “victim of the subversive policy against Cuba,” when speaking Wednesday in Geneva before the UN Council of Human Rights.

Cuba Gives Yoani Sanchez Red Light

Famous Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez was once again denied permission to leave Cuba to attend an international event, claims her husband, Reinaldo Escobar, also a blogger. IPS reported that Sanchez was to attend the Fifth International Congress of the Spanish Language in Chile scheduled to take place in Valparaiso from March 2-5, but cancelled due to the powerful earthquake that hit Chile on February 27.

Coastal Flooding in Cuba’s Capital

A cold front that moved into Cuba on Wednesday brought three meter waves in parts of Havana flooding the Malecon seawall drive and low lying parts of the city including a section of the Vedado district. By sunset the sea incursion was considerably less. Caridad captured some of the dramatic scenes.

Industriales Takes Lead in Cuba Playoffs

Industriales scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh on route to a 6-4 win over Sancti Spiritus on Wednesday and took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven quarterfinal playoff. Twenty year old reliever Armando Martinez allowed the feared Sancti Spiritus lineup only one hit in the final 2.1 innings to pick up the win.

Subdued Response to Cuban’s Death

The deafening silence of Latin American governments has fallen like another shovelful of earth on the grave of Cuban dissident Orlando Zapata, a bricklayer who died Feb. 23 after nearly three months on hunger strike in prison on the Caribbean island.

Three Meter Waves on Havana Seawall

A cold front that moved into Cuba on Wednesday brought three meter waves in parts of Havana flooding the Malecon seawall drive in some parts of Old and Centro Havana.

Cuba’s Burnt Bridges

To emigrate is a painful process in general, but in the case of Cubans it also means taking a trip with no return. As if they’ve committed a serious crime, the State robs them of all their belongings.

It doesn’t matter that these were legally acquired goods; everything will be confiscated, from one’s house and car to even the furniture. If you refuse to turn them over, you will not receive your “Permiso de Salida” (Exit Permit) from the all powerful Office of Immigration.

Cuba’s Latest US Big Leaguer

Juan Yasser Serrano, a right-handed pitcher who played for Cuba’s Villa Clara team has signed a six-figure contract with the Chicago Cubs. Serrano will get a US $250,000 contract; a far cry from the $30 million recently granted Aroldis Chapman by the Cincinnati Reds, but not bad for a pitcher with a 14-16 lifetime record and 4.40 ERA in the Cuban Baseball League.