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Cuban dissident Martha Beatriz Roque and 29 other Cubans terminated their hunger strike of more than a week after authorities communicated the pending release of the imprisoned activist they had championed.

Washington still has not responded to a Cuban proposal seeking a solution to the case of US citizen Alan Gross, who is being held in Havana, said Josefina Vidal, the director of the North America desk of Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Renowned US lawyers on Monday demanded the dismissal of the convictions against the five Cuban intelligence officers (known as the Cuban Five) convicted in that country.

The Cuban political opposition group “Ladies in White” asked dissident leader Martha Beatriz Roque to end the hunger strike that she began eight days ago along with 26 other activists on the island.

Donors and political action committees (PACs) associated with Cuban issues have reduced their presence in the current US election campaign, as the November 7 elections approach, reports the El Nuevo Herald.

Spanish politician Angel Carromero is to go on trial October 5 in Cuba in connection with the traffic accident that took the lives of dissident leader Oswaldo Paya and a second Cuban dissident.

Veteran boxing coach Pedro Roque Otaño has been appointed to coach the US amateur team. The coach, 62 years old and with over 40 years of experience as the coach of numerous Olympic and world champions.

Amnesty International called on the Cuban government this past Friday to explain why the dissident Jorge Vazquez Chaviano was not released on Monday as scheduled.

The secretaries of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) for the provinces of Ciego de Avila, Camaguey and Las Tunas were replaced during PCC meetings on September 15 and 16. The post of secretary is the top political position in any province.