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Havana Weather for Feb. 13-19

High temperatures will fluctuate around 26° C (79 F) and lows around 20° C (72 F). Winds will be moderate from the north. The sea surface temperature will reach 24° C (75 F).

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Cuban Singer Santiago Feliu Dies at 51

Cuban singer/songwriter Santiago Feliu, 51, died suddenly this morning in Havana, sources close to his family to Radio Rebelde. According to relatives, Feliu suffered a severe pain in the chest and died of a heart attack before he could reach the hospital.

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Miami-Dade (64%) favors normalizing US relations with Cuba

A poll released today by the widely respected Atlantic Council in Washington DC found that a whopping 64% of respondents in Miami-Dade favor the US normalizing relations with Cuba, followed by 63% of Floridians and accompanied by 62% of Latinos and 56% of the national general public.

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Cuba: Has Counterintelligence Prohibited Photographing Shops?

Cuba’s Military Counterintelligence, CIM, is the body that prohibits taking pictures in supermarkets, according to the surprising version of Fernando Casas, the manager at the Boyeros and Camaguey store in Havana. The supposed order from above is what gave power to the manager and some of his boys to try to wrest the camera from our photographer and prevent her from leaving the parking lot in her car.

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Pro-Cuba Rapprochement Group Calls Conference

The group Cuban-Americans for Engagement (CAFE) is calling a conference for mid-March in Miami to discuss possibilities for improved US-Cuba relations during what’s left of the second term of the Obama administration. The following is their press release.

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Mexico Wins Caribbean Series

The Caribbean Series baseball tournament came to a close on Saturday night with the defending champion, Mexico, represented by the Naranjeros de Hermosillo, defeating Puerto Rico’s Indios de Mayaguez in the final game by a score of 7-1 at Margarita Island, Venezuela.

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