Good debut of Cuba in Little League tournament in the USA.
Cuba came out with great expectations and the goal was achieved: to win and be in the next round of the Little League Baseball 2024 World Series today in the U.S. city of Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
This is what Raybel Sedano, director of the National Institute of Sports and Recreation (Inder) in the municipality of Santa Clara, told Prensa Latina about the performance of the ninth team that represents the island in this sporting event and that obtained an important victory in its debut the day before.
Cuba today in the Little League World Series in the USA.
The Cuban team will go out today to give its all at the Volunteer Stadium in the US city of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in its first game of the Little League Baseball 2024 World Series.
The Antillean squad will play this afternoon at 5:00 p.m. local (Eastern) time against the team from the Czech Republic, qualified by the Europe-Africa region.
As scheduled, mentor Everaldo Machado designated right-hander Yan Michel Espinosa as the pitcher on the mound and for the next game the starter will be left-hander Deivi Hernández.
Cuba with Fidel Castro at the world epicenter.
The political stature of the statesman and exceptional human being, the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, continues today at the epicenter of the homage offered in multiple latitudes for his 98th birthday.
In social networks and numerous press media, messages of recognition for the sovereign and emancipating legacy of the commander-in-chief of that revolutionary process of great significance in Cuba and the world have been circulating since August 13, his name day.
Everything ready for the start of the Little League World Series.
Everything is ready today in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, to start tomorrow, Wednesday, the Little League Baseball World Series with the participation of 20 teams, divided into two zones.
The under-12 teams from Santa Clara (Cuba), Cardenales de Lara (Venezuela), Matamoros (Mexico), Guayama (Puerto Rico) and Aruba, will represent Latin America in the international field in search of a ticket to the grand final, together with six qualified teams from other regions of the planet.
They ask the U.S. Government to put an end to the use of unilateral sanctions.
Dozens of legal organizations and more than 200 lawyers and academics from around the world today urged the U.S. government to end unilateral economic sanctions, which constitute collective punishment of civilians.
"The United States imposes more unilateral economic sanctions than any other country in the world," the collective expressed in a letter sent Monday to President Joe Biden in which they mention the cases of Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, Iran and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.