A ceremonial send-off for the team set to play in the 4th World Baseball Classic was held in Havana's José Martí Memorial yesterday, February 16, with Alfredo Despaigne serving as the flag-bearer, escorted by Lázaro Blanco and Carlos Benítez, also members of the national title-winning Sorrels of Granma
february 17, 2017@ 11:02:34 | Oscar Sánchez Serra
During the recent 7th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, it was agreed that the Draft Conceptualization of the Cuban Economic and Social Model and the National Economic and Social Development Plan through 2030 would be submitted to a process of democratic consultation across Cuban society
june 15, 2016@ 09:06:13 | Oscar Sánchez Serra
RÍO 2016
If today we think the Cuban delegation to Río is one of the most compelling, it is because its potential has been maintained through effort, tenacity, and confidence in victory
july 15, 2016@ 16:07:46 | Oscar Sánchez Serra
Forty-nine years ago a vile hired assassin, a terrorist, contracted by the United States Central Intelligence Agency, believed he had killed a man in Bolivia
october 12, 2016@ 17:10:25 | Oscar Sánchez Serra
Reaching a contractual agreement which enables Cubans to play baseball in the United States without renouncing their country and people, and to represent their nation in international competitions and national tournaments, as long as schedules don’t clash, would be a genuine contribution to efforts to normalize relations and a indisputable demonstration of good will, a fundamental principle of global sports
march 3, 2017@ 13:03:20 | Oscar Sánchez Serra
Speaking to young athletes on October 22, 1973, Fidel made a claim that surely he would not hesitate to repeat even at his eternally young age of 90: “If I were to be born in this age, do you know what I would want to be? A sportsman”
august 12, 2016@ 19:08:51 | Oscar Sánchez Serra
The March 22 game between Cuba’s national team and the Tampa Bay Rays at Havana’s Latinoamericano Stadium, was a great celebration attended by the two countries’ Presidents
march 24, 2016@ 10:03:09 | Oscar Sánchez Serra
4TH WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
Jonder Martínez will take the place of star pitcher Freddy Asiel Álvarez in a last minute change, with Lázaro Blanco, Vladimir García and Vladimir Baños, as the main openers. Negotiations with Major League Baseball in the U.S continue but will not impact this competition
february 17, 2017@ 16:02:31 | Oscar Sánchez Serra
How can it be possible for an organization that violates its very own institutional procedures to assert that a state is suffering the alteration of its democratic order?
april 17, 2017@ 10:04:47 | Oscar Sánchez Serra
Players from Cuba’s national youth team will compete in the League, as well the traditional tournament against the United States. An Under-18 squad from the island will also participate in a tournament held in Quebec prior to the World Cup of this division
april 7, 2017@ 14:04:30 | Oscar Sánchez Serra