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Under the slogan “Defending the People’s Will,” a group of local residents in eastern Las Tunas Province made public their support for Sirley Leon Avila, an elected delegate who is fighting to re-open an area school.

Cuban born Laborde Reiver Rico, 24, who is wanted in Italy for the murder of two citizens form that country, is now in the Cuban province of Camagüey, reported the Italian media over the weekend.

The US Coast Guard said on Friday that it repatriated 15 Cubans who had attempted to reach US shores in boats.

“Cuba was scheduled to officially close the information gathering stage of the 2012 Population and Housing Census,” however unofficial reports confirmed delays in the process, reported the Prensa Latina news agency.

Mairelys Gomez Cuevas, an editor who put the print edition of Granma newspaper to bed many nights, took advantage of a trip abroad to leave Cuba and take refuge in Miami, reports the Café Fuerte website on Friday.

The Cuban Women’s Federation national leaders met in Havana and approved a motion to send a letter to the women of Venezuela urging them to support the reelection of Hugo Chavez in the upcoming Oct. 7 elections in the South American country.

Louis Farrakan the leader of the US Nation of Islam met on Thursday with Cuban president Raul Castro in Havana, reported the official Cuban press.

Over the upcoming seven-day period, the days will be partly cloudy. Though the weather will be generally good, there will be some rain in the afternoons. High temperatures will reach around 31°C (88°F) and the minimum temperatures around 24°C (75°F).