Odds and ends

• St. Petersburg Times: Rep. Kathy Castor of Tampa becomes the first member of Florida’s Congressional delegation to support an end to Cuba travel restrictions.

• A Cuban who was intercepted at sea, sent to the Guantanamo naval base, then resettled in Spain, is starting a hunger strike to push the Spanish government to sort out his immigration status.

• Dominican President Leonel Fernandez, just back from a visit to Washington, and on his way to Havana.

• Washington’s Nats sign a Cuban pitcher, Yenesky Maya.

• The Kansas City Star on Yunel Escobar and Brayan Peña, buddies in Cuba who met again on a big league diamond.

• Prensa Latina’s account of Fidel Castro’s visit to the Acuario Nacional.