Odds and ends

• The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg discusses U.S. policy toward Cuba and argues that “China’s human rights record, in particular, makes Cuba’s look like Norway’s.”

• The new edition of Vitral, the magazine published by the Pinar del Rio diocese, has contributions from Cuban-Americans Uva de Aragon, Carmelo Mesa-Lago, and Jorge Dominguez.

• NPR looks at Cuba’s new farmers.

• AP: Workers’ assemblies are meeting across Cuba and discussing the layoffs and shift to the private sector.

• The Economist on Max Marambio, the Chilean businessman who did very well in Cuba, until about two years ago.