Rumor has it that popular comedian Luis Silva, who performs the now larger-than-life character of Panfilo, and U.S. President Barack Obama could meet during the official visit to Cuba.

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During his three-day trip to Cuba next week, President Obama will meet with dissidents and young entrepreneurs, attend a state dinner with Cuban President Raul Castro and even catch a baseball game, the White House announced Wednesday.

The first direct U.S. mail service to Cuba in more than 50 years this week included a personal letter from President Obama to a 76-year-old Cuban pen pal.

The United States is removing Cuba from its list of countries deemed to have insufficient security in their ports, eliminating a major impediment to free flow of ships in the Florida Straits.

In a historic visit, Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine plans to travel to Cuba in his official capacity next week, becoming the first head of a Miami-Dade County city to go to the island since the 1959 revolution.

Rescue crews in Puerto Rico say they have found seven tourists who got lost in a popular tropical forest on the island's northeastern corner. It is the second such rescue at El Yunque in less than a week.