During the game that Cuba lost to Canada in Port Saint Lucie during the Americas Pre-Olympic Tournament, police officers removed the signs from the stands.
When in a video journalist Yordano Carmona, from Pelota Cubana USA, asked one of the police officers why they were removing the posters, he responded that the organizers had determined so.
Although those present could carry flags, they could not raise signs with political content or signs, regardless of the person carrying them.
In the ball game in which the Cuban team debuted against the Venezuelan team, several Florida police officers They also seized political posters and banners carried by Cuban fans.
The police action caused outrage among those attending the game, and they complained that they were being prevented from exercising their freedom of expression.
It was during this game, however, that inside the stadium, just behind home plate, a group of Cubans were able to show posters with the face of the leader of the San Isidro Movement (MSI), Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, as well as others among of which one stood out that read “Díaz-Canel, singao.”
The Cuban team lost in Port St. Lucie their game against Canada, a country that now advances to the next round of the Americas Pre-Olympic, which grants a direct place to Tokyo 2021.
The 6x5 defeat ended the Cubans' hope of being able to attend the Olympic Games.
At that game on Tuesday, a crowd of Cubans began yelling at the players to “stay” and not return to Cuba.
“Stay, why are you going to come back, everyone stay here. Welcome to freedom,” they shouted.
Until now, Only the young infielder César Prieto has defected from the Cuban baseball team, who left the team a few hours after the team arrived at Miami International Airport.
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