MEXICO/CUBA: Jailed Politician's Links To Cuba Alarm Many.

MIAMI HERALD/ JUAN TAMAYO/     Former Cancun mayor and gubernatorial candidate Gregorio Sanchez was arrested last month and jailed pending trial on charges of laundering bribes he allegedly received for protecting drug cartels in Cancún. The arrest alarmed analysts over the possible penetration of Cuban intelligence in his administration. Sánchez had many often murky Cuban connections and reportedly 150 Cubans on his payroll.

CUBA: 2009 Summed-up In One Word: Malisimo!

MIAMI HERALD/ Full report/ JUAN O. TAMAYO
Deep economic problems, rising crime and corruption, and a growing blogger movement challenged Cuba in 2009.