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Cuba

Tensions grow between OFAC and Cuban baseball

Julio Batista Feb 6, 2015
Just when the ice between the U.S. and Cuba seemed to be breaking, the OFAC has dumped on them a pail of cold water.
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Cuba and MLB: December changed nothing, so far

Julio Batista Jan 10, 2015
The news of Dec. 17 set off all alarms. After almost 54 years of tension, Cuba and the United States announced their decision to resume diplomatic relations, and the shockwave soon…
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Veracruz 2014: Shades of a triumph

Julio Batista Dec 3, 2014
It was necessary to wait until the next-to-last day of competition and appeal to our sports flagships to concretize the victory, but Cuba finally amassed the most medals at the 22nd…
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Cepeda, the return of an idol

Julio Batista Oct 31, 2014
It was a quiet return for the most stable Cuban player of the last decade, a man who left in search of the promised land and returned loaded with lessons.
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Yuniesky Gourriel: Canada in a pocket

Julio Batista Sep 26, 2014
With a batting average of .321, Yuniesky Gurriel returned to Cuba from his stint in the Capitales de Québec, a team in the CanAm Independent League.
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Self-employed basketball migrants

Julio Batista Sep 2, 2014
The departure of basketball players from Cuba is one of the most constant (and least talked about) emigrations.
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Families sustain the champions’ dreams

Julio Batista Aug 25, 2014
Lacking sponsors in the socialist concept of amateur sports, the parents had to assume a central role in the sports formation of their children.
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Cuba’s Yulieski Gourriel off to conquer Japan

Julio Batista May 30, 2014
Cuba’s Yulieski Gourriel, of Cuba’s Industriales baseball team, will soon join the Japanese Baseball League (NPB). He is the second active Cuban league baseball player to sign with a…
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