Odds and ends

• In an interview with Foreign Policy magazine, Anne Louise Bardach talks about Cuba’s leadership, now and in the future.

• Ted Henken on research and academic exchanges in Cuba.

• Aroldis Chapman, coming along just fine in spring training.

• On Monday, a 4.6 magnitude earthquake 30 miles south of Santiago.

• Al Kamen of the Washington Post writes about an effort by Senators Menendez and Nelson (Florida) to discourage Congressional staff from traveling to Cuba, and notes that the Senators themselves have traveled to less-than-democratic countries.