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US-Cuba: When Sports Depend on Your Passport

Cuba’s Volleyball Federation confirmed it: 12 athletes, one referee, and several coaches were left with their bags packed and uniforms folded.

While many applaud Cuban boxer Andy Cruz’s decision to come back to his homeland to visit family, others attacked him…

When Cuba’s sports news increasingly resembles a tragicomedy tinged with exile and redemption, Yipsi Moreno’s story is a gem.

Players who “deserted or breached contracts” will not reinforce the island’s team, according to ‘Swing Completo’.

The dilapidated complex has become a metaphor for the state of sports on the island today.

Two events this past week pointed to the deteriorating (economically speaking) state of sports and athletes in Cuba.

“In Cuba, there was no future, but I didn’t want to leave my mother alone. I talked it over with her, and she gave me her blessing.”

I insist that for the Cuban (sports and political) system, there are emigrated athletes who are useful and others who are not.

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games have just concluded, and Cuba delivered its worst performance since Mexico 1968.

The sense of cultural belonging and the sense of decency and good musical taste have been lost in Cuba.