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  Benedict’s visit to Cuba

  The anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Cuba will be reflected in time on changes to take place in Cuba now that Pope Francis has been elected. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio√ was deeply involved in the pope’s meetings in Cuba. I have to agree with Andy Gomez’s assessment in the March 26 article, Many changes in year since pope’s Cuba visit, of the present situation in Cuba.

• Return Alan Gross from Havana

  Return Alan Gross from Havana

  Your Dec. 10 editorial, No deal for Cuban spies hits the nail right on the head.

• 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.

• Cuba hoping to benefit from possible Gross release

  Cuba hoping to benefit from possible Gross release

  Gen. Raúl Castro’s regime is considering a pardon for Alan Gross, the American USAID subcontractor arrested in Cuba in December 2009 and sentenced to 15 years in jail for distributing computers to the Jewish community in the island.

• 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.