It doesn't look like there will be a MLB franchise in Havana anytime soon.

Fox News: Cuban Hard-Liners Gaining Strength as Castro's Weakens
The deterioration of President Fidel Castro's health has been accompanied by the rise of hardline elements to key positions in Cuba, leaving no possibility for democratic reformers to surface, a senior State Department official said Wednesday.

International Herald Tribune: Cuban rappers want their own revolution
The island's rap musicians say they're speaking out for a better Cuba. But few are interested in joining the government's Cuban Rap Agency.

AFP: US still searching for reformer in Cuban government: official
The top US diplomat for Latin America indicated the United States had yet to find a reformer in the communist Cuban government, but did not flatly rule out dialogue with it in a context of political opening.

It seems The People's Glorious Animatronics Commissariat is out of solder...

WESH: Report: Cuban Leader Castro Near Death
A South Florida newspaper reported on Wednesday that state officials are preparing to handle crowds in case Cuban leader Fidel Castro dies.