Odds and ends

• The Cuban American National Foundation again says that it has contacts with top military and civilian leaders in Cuba; this time, in Diario las Americas.

• Laura Wides-Munoz of the Associated Press reports on U.S. efforts to stop alien smuggling from Cuba, at times in cooperation with Cuban authorities.

• In a May 20 statement, President Bush sends best wishes – and that’s about it – to the Cuban people.