CUBA: Mobile Phones Finally Invade The Isla.

GUARDIAN, U.K./    Mobile phones have finally breached that fortress called Cuba. They are everywhere but very few use the phone to talk. It's too expensive. Instead phones are used like pagers. Cuba has Latin America's lowest mobile phone penetration but is rising fast with 480,000 units out of 11.2 million people. But they are bringing changes to the isla.
"Even if it is not always immediately visible the arrival of new technology brings changes which bubble under the surface," said Cuba watcher Brian Latell,

CUBA: Corruption A La Cubana.

YOANI SANCHEZ BLOG/   Rumors of corruption scandals abound on "Radio Bemba" about senior ministers found with suitcases full of dollars and the state-owned juice maker whose earnings were sent out of the country to private accounts.

CUBA: Revolico, Cuba's Craigslist, Revisited.

NYTIMES/ Marc Lacey /

Not much new info here but a workman-like NYTimes summary about the Revolico website run by two Cuban exiles in Spain.

Havana's Hard Currency Grocery Stores Remain Closed Amid Rumors.

From AP.

Rumors of food shortages are rampant in La Habana as more than a dozen upscale chavito food stores remain closed.