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We’ll have scattered showers in the afternoon, most likely at the beginning and end of the period. High temperatures will be stable above 32° C (90 F) and the lows around 24° C (75 F).

Cuban hurdler Dayron Robles had sought to found an independent sports institution on the island, said Alberto Juantorena, president of the Cuban Athletics Federation in an interview with JIT Online.

With the passing on Friday of another person, a total of eleven Cubans have died from methyl alcohol intake, which occurred last Monday night in the Havana municipality of La Lisa.

While his effort may go unnoticed by diehard politicians, Benjamin Schiller paddled across the Florida Straits on Thursday and Friday to promote better US-Cuba relations. The two countries are still locked in a half century old Cold War with the US maintaining an economic embargo against the island.

??Two more people have been added to the list of deaths in Cuba from wood alcohol intake, while rising to 59 the number who remain hospitalized, according to Havana health authorities.

A US athlete today began a journey estimated at 20 hours to try to cross the Florida Strait from Cuba to Key West paddling on a surfboard. The trip seeks to “promote friendship between the peoples of Cuba and the United States.

Left-handed pitcher Norberto González decided to retire from Cuban baseball, reported Prensa Latina. Gonzalez has played 15 seasons for Cienfuegos in the Cuban League as well as on numerous squads playing in international tournaments.