Odds and ends

• From David Adams in the St. Petersburg Times, more speculation that Cuba may be preparing to reach agreements with foreign partners to develop golf course/real estate projects. Cuban law is an obstacle: by barring foreigners from owning real estate, it is hard to include housing and condominiums as part of a golf course development. A solution, Adams reports, may come by a Cuban decision to allow 75-year leases, the next best thing.

• The Orlando Sentinel: it makes sense to worry about the environmental impact of Cuban offshore oil exploration, but it’s “self-defeating” for Senator Nelson and others to deal with it from afar, without talking with Cuba.

• From the Center for Democracy in the Americas, more man-on-the-street interviews.

• I missed this one from last week: El Nuevo Herald’s report on 14 foreign companies about to be booted from Cuba. English version here.