Tropical Storm Elsa: sustained winds between 60 and 70 kilometers per hour with gusts reaching 90Tropical Storm Elsa caused Sunday in the southeastern region of Cuba sustained winds between 60 and 70 kilometers per hour with gusts reaching 90, the Institute of Meteorology reported.

Cuban Civil Defensa declared the Alarm Phase for most of the countryCuba's Civil Defense established the Alarm Phase as of 08:30 hours for the provinces of Sancti Spíritus, Cienfuegos, Villa Clara, and Matanzas; the Alert Phase for Mayabeque and Havana, and the Information Phase for the territories of Artemisa, Pinar del Río, and the Special Municipality of the Isle of Youth.

Cuban emigrants started in Miami a walk against the blockadeDozens of Cuban emigrants on Sunday started a caravan from Miami, Florida, to the US capital in a demonstration to call for the lifting of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba.