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On the eve of the summer’s second important international event Team Cuba already faces what is becoming an all-too familiar scenario – a mound corps reduced to bare minimum before the first pitch is tossed and the first bat swung. Villa Clara southpaw Misael Siverio left the team hotel in West Des Moines on Tuesday.

The Cuban delegation to the migratory talks with the USA in Washington on Wednesday conditioned any new immigration accord on the lifting of the “wet foot – dry foot” 1995 provision in the 1966 Cuban Adjustment Act.

Cuba lost its second pitcher this summer when left-hander Misael Siverio abandoned his team on shortly after they arrived in the USA on Monday for a five game series with a top level university selection.

The United States and Cuba resumed migration talks in Washington today despite Panama’s seizure of a ship bound for North Korea with weapons from the island having put a veil of distrust on Havana. The meeting, the first after more than two years of interruption.

The United States and Cuba resume talks on migratory issues today in Washington interrupted during the past two years, reported dpa news.
The talks are to be held “as scheduled”, according to the official US source.

Cuba picked up its first win in the 2013 Gold Cup soccer event on Tuesday and the 4-0 margin over Belize was just enough to earn it a place in the quarterfinals. Cuba now faces Panama on July 20th in the one game do-or-die with the winner advancing to the semifinals.

Representatives of the Ecumenical Movement of Cuba raised concerns during a meeting held on Monday with First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Granma newspaper reported.