Cuba: Pan Am Games

Child of the Revolution reports that “Cuban athletes are failing to win the hearts and minds of many spectators at the Pan-American Games being held in Rio” – and suggests a few reasons why.

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  • First off, Brazillians often root for Cubans – when they are not playing Brazil. The referenced article places all the blame where it belongs: Cuba, a nation of 13 million people, keeps beating Brazil in nearly every big match-up. This is a simple case of home-field sports rivalry – but Cuban-Americans have to make it political.

    Now, the negative response the US has gotten has a lot more to do with politics – and a big blunder at the beginning of the games (writing “welcome to the Congo” on a Rio blackboard for all to see).

  • max

    I think countries like Mexico, canada and Brazil need to do something about it. Come on, cuba 2nd place! A country with almost 12 million people getting a second place since 1971 calli and not counting the first place they got back in 1991 Havana Pan American games.

    I think is AMAZING….

  • Ana

    As agile as the best athletes, Cubasports is aimed at providing a panorama of the sport world on the island. Some of the results Cuba displays are just amazing: fifth place in the medal chart of the Barcelona ’92 Olympics, eighth in Atlanta’96, ninth in Sydney ’00, and eleventh in the most recent Games at Athens ’04 . Cuban athletes have always been characterized by their enormous will and endurance in their quest for victory. Renowned sportsmen and teams that have managed to attain the best positions in the world ranking for decades, surprising triumphs, colossal deeds carried out by men and women who have overcome fatality, unforgettable events, and more, are part of the information, commentaries, statistics, and profiles you will be able to access in this site

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