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Lo que no dice el articulo es que Fidel dijo que el dinero que se recaudara del evento sera donado a las victimas de kartina.
La doble plex en la cara.
Es que es la realidad.
Pienso que cosas tan pendejas como estas es un reflejo que una y otra vez eeuu sigue perdiendo pull mundialmente.
"..a raíz de este evento."
no se como llegaste a esa conclusion pero ten en cuenta "the source". Sea como sea es una pata en las nolas.
Lo de Katrina:
http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/8456/1/306
y esto lo encontre interesante tambien:
http://tinyurl.com/c4sgv
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Aqui el texto:
Keep politics out of the game
By: Patrick Campbell
Back in December, the Treasury Department announced that Cuba would not be allowed to play in the inaugural World Baseball Classic (WBC).
While this announcement was not completely surprising considering President Bush describes Cuba as being one of the few "outpost[s] of tyranny" remaining in the world, I was nonetheless stunned by the decision. Cuba had always been allowed to play in international competition, including events held in the United States such as the 1996 Olympics.
The Cuban National team even traveled to Baltimore to play an exhibition game against the Orioles in 1999. To the best of my knowledge, Cuban-U.S. relations have not drastically changed in the past six years, so why the ban on Cuba?
According to the White House, Bush's initial fears centered around money going to the Castro regime, as well as the possibility of the WBC being used by Castro to spy on the United States. While it is true that the United States has had a trade embargo with Cuba since Castro came to power, does it really matter in the grand scheme of things if a few American dollars are pocketed by Cuba?
To ease this concern, Cuban officials, shortly after being told of their rejection, announced that any money Cuba would receive during competition would immediately be given to help with Hurricane Katrina relief. The concerns of bypassing the embargo are somewhat understandable, but I simply cannot grasp the idea that the president believes Cuba would use this opportunity to spy on the United States.
Does Bush think that a group of amateur baseball players will gain valuable information about our country from the dugouts of Petco Park or Bank One Ballpark? Or maybe he believes that team officials will infiltrate government agencies while their team is competing?
The president, however, should not be too worried since, rest assured, he is sure to have the Cuban phone lines and computers wiretapped to prevent any un-American activities.
Another thing that bothers me about this whole situation is that all of the sudden, the United States has control over the game of baseball. Unlike football, which is mainly played in America, baseball is truly a global game, but recently Washington has acted like it owns the rights to the sport.
Frank Deford of Sports Illustrated put it best when he wrote, "In a way, this posture is even more distasteful than when those anti-Semitic countries refuse to play Israel. At least those nations have the strength of their convictions sufficient to take themselves out of the games. We're just being a bully. No, it's our bat and ball, and you can't play."
During the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Olympic team boycotted the 1984 Games held in Los Angeles because of the differences between the two nations. The United States, specifically President Reagan, did not prevent the Soviets from taking part; rather it was the decision of the participating country.
Friday, the government changed its stance concerning Cuba and announced that the country would be allowed to take place in the WBC.
The State Department said that all the previous concerns of the administration had been resolved. It took the combined efforts of the International Baseball Federation, the International Olympic Committee, as well as many others to stand up to the United States, but their work paid off.
I am glad that beginning in March, baseball fans, myself included, will now be able to see a true World Baseball Classic. Though the Cuban team will not include any defectors currently living in the United States, such as Livan Hernandez and Jose Contreras, significantly weakening the team, the current Cuban players are sure to play their hearts out.
Baseball runs through the veins of many Cubans, and it would be akin to murder if we prevented the players and fans from taking part in a simple game of baseball.
Hablando de las olimpiadas, leiste lo que dice en el articulo principal sobre eso?
The “World Baseball Classic” is intended to substitute for the Olympics, which decided to remove baseball from the 2012 Olympic games because of a conflict with the U.S. Major League Baseball’s spring training.
Eso esta k-bron.Que carajo importa que conflija? Esto son las olimpiadas, no es el US Open.
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