US EditionUnited States Bans Cuba From Children's Softball Tournament
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The U.S. refuses Cuban volleyball girls the visa for a tournament in Puerto Rico. This doesn't make any sense for the 2026 World Cup and the 2028 Olympic Games.
'It Took Away Their Dream of Playing': Cuba Criticizes US for Denying Girls' Right to Play Softball in Puerto Rico
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel criticized US policy toward Cuba after the US forbade a group of Cuban girls from playing in the Little League Softball World Series qualifying tournament, which will be held in Puerto Rico this week. “How do you explain to nine- and ten-year-old girls from La Palma, Pinar del Río, that after so much effort, the petty politics of the US robbed them of their dream of playing in the Little League World Series in P…
Miguel Díaz-Canel, First Secretary of the CCPC and President of the Republic, denounced the denial of visas to the technical corps of the female softball team, by the United States
United States bans Cuba from children's softball tournament
HAVANA, Cuba, July 13 (ACN) The Cuban team expected to compete in the Caribbean qualifier for the Little League Softball World Series for girls aged 9-10, to be held in Puerto Rico on July 14-18, could not travel to the venue because several members of the delegation were denied the visa.
Following another US visa denial for Cuban athletes, Havana is "on alert" about the Los Angeles Olympics, where what Fidel Castro provoked in 1984 could be a repeat.
The decision is due to the fact that the U.S. denied visas to adult escorts
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