Odds and ends

• On Sunday, the PBS series Nature presents an episode about environmental issues in Cuba: “Cuba: The Accidental Eden.”

• The wife of detained USAID contractor Alan Gross visited him in Cuba last month, the two apparently spending time at a beach house. Details from Reuters and AP.

• Reuters: House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman schedules a vote next Wednesday on the bill to end Cuba travel restrictions.

• Herald: Attorney Carlos García-Pérez has been named to head Radio and TV Marti. Upholding tradition, he has no apparent journalism or broadcasting experience.