Odds and ends

• Reuters: Cuba will not attend the Cartagena Summit of the Americas next month.  “Colombia wants the situation of Cuba and its participation to be discussed in a constructive manner at the Cartagena Summit,” Colombian President Santos said as he was departing Havana.

• At Penultimos Dias, an interview with the creator of a “Cuban Facebook,” lalenin.com, a site for graduates of the elite Lenin high school.

• Café Fuerte: An independent journalist reports that a prisoner whose sentence was commuted (along with 2,990 others) last year, arrested on new charges, managed to escape from a Havana police station.  The police posted flyers with his photo around the neighborhood.

• AFP: The head of the U.S. Southern Command sees “no dramatic change happening in the future” in Cuba.

• Cuba Standard: The Obama Administration turned down the request of a Fort Lauderdale company for a license to begin passenger ferry service to Cuba.