Odds and ends

• Two items from the Herald: Congress is set to approve $45 million for Cuba democracy programs, and an English version of yesterday’s article on fugitive Joanne Chesimard.

• It is announced that the Cienfuegos refinery, revamped with Venezuelan aid, is good to go.

• Stuck on the Palmetto hangs it up. A great Miami blog, occasionally about Cuba. Very sorry to see them go.

• Tired of politics? In Connie’s blog, and with illustrations by her own hand, “Letras en Guines 1965,” an essay of photos and illustrations about the “trabajo productivo” on the farm in 1965 by students of the Escuela de Letras y Arte.