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Yadier Pedroso won his second game with relief help from Ismel Jimenez as Cuba blanked Holland at the World Port Tournament in Rotterdam on Friday. The big win positions Cuba with a good chance to make the one-game finals against first place Taiwan.

Team Cuba took its third loss at the Rotterdam World Port Baseball Tournament on Thursday, 4-1 against Taiwan, which also beat them 3-1 earlier in the competition.

Cuba barely got by Curacao 1-0 in the World Port Tournament on Wednesday but lost its rookie of the year, pitcher Gerardo Concepción who abandoned the team the day before in search of a MLB contract.

Cuba’s second game in the World Port Baseball Tournament in Rotterdam, Holland was rained out on Saturday and rescheduled for Monday. On Sunday the islanders play the tournament host Holland at 8 a.m. Cuban time.

Fidel Castro “recalled his past contacts with Chinese leaders, saying he has always paid attention to China’s socialist construction. He expressed admiration for China’s socio-economic achievements and China’s rising international status,” noted Xinhua.

There are no buses from Varadero to Cayo Coco. There is a tourist-quality Viazul bus that leaves Varadero daily for Santiago de Cuba, and which stops in the city of Ciego de Ávila, the capital of the province by the same name in which the island of Cayo Coco is located off the northern coast.

When Vidatox first began to be available in October last year, the Havana-based Labiofam facility was literally overrun by visitors wishing to obtain the drug. Whereas during the early months it was available from Labiofam itself, now it is registered and commercially available.

Cubans are not small but they sure looked it on Wednesday on Old Havana’s Obispo St. The reason was a second visit to the island by Sultán Kosen, of Turkey, the tallest person in the world (8 ft. 3 in.). The big man is in Havana as a guest of the Cuba-Amor Foundation from Holland.

The first place to start looking for information is Cubadeportes S.A., a state-owned agency coming under INDER (Instituto Nacional de Deportes, Educación Física y Recreación / National Institute for Sports, Physical Education and Recreation) – the Cuban Sports Ministry.