Odds and ends

• Mexican President Calderon made an official visit to Cuba yesterday, seeking to improve relations and, as he said on arrival, to “expand trade and investment between Mexico and Cuba,” including “bilateral cooperation in energy.”  Reuters story here, Granma’s brief note here.

• More on the Ozzie Guillen affair: from MLB.com and a Washington Post editorial.

• Mexican President Calderon made an official visit to Cuba yesterday, seeking to improve relations and, as he said on arrival, to “expand trade and investment between Mexico and Cuba,” including “bilateral cooperation in energy.”  Reuters story here, Granma’s brief note here.

• Reporter Kevin Hall of McClatchy newspapers found himself driving across Cuba, and driving across the island he picked up hitchhikers and wrote an interesting sample of public opinion.