HAVANA – Just over a week before the start of the Americas Olympic qualifying tournament in Florida, the Cuban team does not have visas to travel to the United States, athletes and officials said Tuesday.
Managers and players expressed their concern about the lack of authorizations to attend the event even though they have sought to obtain them in more than three countries.
Sanctions imposed by Washington on the island make it impossible to apply in Havana. “We do not have the pre-Olympic visas at the moment.
Huge efforts have been made, ” Luis Daniel Del Risco, treasurer of the Cuban Baseball Federation, told The Associated Press. “We tried in Mexico, we tried in Panama, we tried to do it in Guyana.” Finally last week the athletes and