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  U.S. reacts to Cuban dissident’s death

  The U.S. State Department Friday deplored the death of Cuban dissident Wilman Villár, “a young and courageous defender of human rights,” and said it “highlights the continuing problem of political repression, and political prisoners, in Cuba.”

• Don’t punish families

  Don’t punish families

  The pending action before Congress that would limit the number of family visits to Cuba and restrict the amount of remittances Cuban Americans can send is cruel and misguided.

• Report: U.S. needs to encourage economic reforms in Cuba

  Report: U.S. needs to encourage economic reforms in Cuba

  The Center for Democracy in the Americas says the United States should show support for recent reforms that could improve the lives of the Cuban people.

• Cuba asking advice from IMF? Don’t laugh!

  Cuba asking advice from IMF? Don’t laugh!

  An old joke I heard for the first time more than 20 years ago in Havana says that the three biggest achievements of the Cuban revolution are health, education, and low infant-mortality rates, and that its three biggest failures are breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

• Corrections & Clarifications

  Corrections & Clarifications

  •  A story on a wake in Cuba for dissident Laura Pollán, which appeared on Page 10A in Tuesday’s Miami Herald, included the wrong party designation for Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla.