The regime recriminates the delay of authorities in the US to approve the presence of the Cuban delegation in the VI World Baseball Classic.
Lima, Peru – The leadership of the Castro regime used social networks on Saturday as a wall of lamentations to what they point out as the delay of the US authorities to approve the presence of the Cuban delegation in the VI World Baseball Classic.
Almost in unison, the ruler Miguel Díaz-Canel; the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the regime, Bruno Rodríguez; and the Organization Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), Roberto Morales Ojeda, criticized the alleged inaction of Washington.
“Ee.UU. Punish Baseball again. They have not approved the participation of Cuba in the VI World Classic, while the rest of the teams delivered payrolls. Unacceptable! It is a political exclusion that violates sports spirit. We deserve equal conditions,” said the Castro dictator in X (formerly Twitter).
The Cuban Chancellor recriminated the delay of the US government to approve the application of the major baseball leagues (MLB) with respect to the assistance of the Cuba team in the next world classic, to be held in March 2026.
For his part, Morales Ojeda talked about cynicism and hindered to address the issue from his social networks.
This Friday, the Cuban Baseball and Softball Federation (FCBS) also He issued a note for the application of what he considered a discriminatory policy against Cuban players, who have not been officially convened by the MLB.
The so -called Team Asere was also in the eye of the hurricane during the past V Classic made in 2023. At that time, the ball team received an avalanche of criticism after its first two losses in the event and before the controversy arose inside and outside the island around the preparation of the selection and its role as a propaganda agent by the dictatorship.
The position of the Cuban regime later transcends of inclusion of Cuba in a list of 12 countries with restrictions on the delivery of documentation to enter the United States or its territories arranged by the administration of President Donald Trump since June 9. The norm also applies to nationals of Afghanistan, Republic of Congo, Iran and Venezuela, among other nations.
At the end of last June, the US authorities denied the visa to the National Team of Women’s Volleyball that sought to participate in the Final Four Tournament, held from July 18 to 20 at the Juan Aubín Cruz Abreu “Bincito” Coliseum, of Manatí, Puerto Rico.
Both the situation of the baseball team asere and the denial of visa to the volleyball team also happens in a context marked by The Exodus of Cuban athletes, who use international events as a migratory escape route before the deep crisis on the island.
Just the last week, the Kayakists Villaclareños Reinier Carrera Monteagudo and Yoel David García González stayed in Canada during the Pan American Speed Canotaje Championship.
