Cuban fans reported that security at the Marlins stadium prevented them from entering withT-shirts where the slogan “Homeland and Life” is read to the Cuba-USA game of the V World Baseball Classic, this Sunday in Miami.
“Marlins Stadium, free country, World Classic, they don't let people come in with whatever they want on their sweater. Fidel Castro is in charge there. Look how they make them take off their sweaters,” commented one fan ona video shared by journalist Mario Vallejo on Facebook, where you can see how security agents prevent two fans from entering with “Patria y Vida” t-shirts.
The reactions to this ban have not been long in coming. The senatorMarco Rubio publica video on his Twitter account where he stated that he has received reports from people who have been prevented from entering by the Miami Marlins, the organization that operates this “taxpayer-funded stadium,” with signs that are “offensive to the Cuban regime.”
“It is outrageous, disgusting and grotesque. I hope it is not true, and I hope it is corrected,” said the senator of Cuban origin.
This happens despite the fact that it had previously been reported that the Miami Marlins organization would authorize fans who wish to do so to enter LoanDepot Park with banners, Cuban flags and t-shirts bearing the inscription “Patria y Vida” during the Cuba-USA game. USA
The mayor of Miami,Francis Suarez, had confirmed this Sunday at a press conference that the Marlins team finally gave the authorization, according toan agency reportWHICH.
The authorization was necessary becauseThe regulations of the Marlins stadium do not allow entry with banners of political content.
During this conference, the mayor and members of Cuban exile organizations in Miami showed their rejection of the participation of the Cuban team in the World Baseball Classic.
“Our fight is not against the baseball players, our fight is against the regime that enslaves all Cubans. “We call on the baseball players to express solidarity with those people who are persecuted, repressed and imprisoned,” declared the opponent.Orlando Gutierrez Boronat, coordinator of the Assembly of the Cuban Resistance.
For its part, the political expressJorge Luis García Perez, “Antúnez”, revealed that after the fifth inning Cubans present in the stadium will stand up in protest.
“We hope that the Castro dictatorship is defeated on that playing field,” Antúnez said.
Likewise, the exiledSilvia Iriondo He stated that Cuba “today is more than a team of baseball players. "Cuba today is hell for millions of Cubans."
Opposition groups such as Vigilia Mambisa and Movimiento Democracia called for ademonstration outside the stadium of the Marlins in the preview of the game.
“For me this is much bigger than Cuba, it has to do with the virus of socialism and communism, which is a deception,” said Mayor Suárez.
“The only equality there is (in Cuba) is that of poverty and misery,” he added.
In the morning, Cuban exiles from the Vigilia Mambisa organization had gathered on Calle Ocho in Little Havana andThey passed their famous steamroller over symbols related to the “Team Asere”.
Besides,Cubans in the United States are calling to protest against the Castro regime during the Cuba team game.
The idea is to repeat what happened in 2021 in the Americas Pre-Olympic tournament, which was played in West Palm Beach, where dozens of Cubans attended the stadium with posters against the regime, images that Cuban television could not hide when broadcasting the match. .
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