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• Follow live-tweeting of Ladies in White leader meeting with Miami Herald Editorial Board on Monday

  Follow live-tweeting of Ladies in White leader meeting with Miami Herald Editorial Board on Monday

  Cuba’s Ladies in White leader Berta Soler will meet with the Miami Herald Editorial Board on Monday morning.

• Freedom restricted

  Freedom restricted

  Don’t miss the irony of Florida International University honoring Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez. Thanks to a Florida statute, FIU faculty cannot use public funds to conduct research in Cuba, even when otherwise permitted to do so by the federal Cuba ban. Our faculty and the ACLU have tried unsuccessfully to enjoin this statute.

• U.S. urges freedom for Granma journalist

  U.S. urges freedom for Granma journalist

  José Antonio Torres was arrested after detailing mismanagement of an aqueduct project in Santiago de Cuba

• Cuban bolero giant César Portillo de la Luz dies at 90

  Cuban bolero giant César Portillo de la Luz dies at 90

  Cuban musician César Portillo de la Luz, one of Cuba’s most celebrated composers, died Saturday in Havana, according to various press reports on the island. He was 90.