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They announce that Cuba will not be in the Miami 2024 Caribbean Series

The guests to the contest will be Curacao and Nicaragua, according to journalist Enrique Rojas, from ESPN.

En Miami, las protestas por la presencia del equipo Cuba en el Clásico Mundial fueron intensas. © Captura de video Facebook / Martí Noticias
In Miami, protests over the presence of the Cuban team in the World Classic were intense. Photo © Video capture Facebook / Martí Noticias

The Cuban baseball teamdoes not appear among those invited to the Miami 2024 Caribbean Series, according to information from renowned journalist Enrique Rojas.

The ESPN reporter pointed out on his Twitter account that the countries that will then accompany the four members of the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation (Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Mexico and Puerto Rico)will be Curacao and Nicaragua.

Thus, with respect to this year's editionCuba, Colombia and Panama would be left out.

In the 2023 Series, held in Venezuela, eight teams participated for the first time, something that will not be repeated on this occasion.

There the Dominican Tigres del Licey were proclaimed champions after a championship where the Cuban representative,Farmers, came last by winning only one of his seven challenges.

In March, during the semifinals of the World Classic, the team from the Greater Antilles receivednumerous signs of rejection in the Miami LoanDepot Park, where the United States eliminated him from the fairby beating him with a score of 14x2.

After the meeting, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) of Cuba denounced"acts of hostility" against the island team, and one of the team's coaches, former shortstop Germán Mesa, declared that"We even fight with the public".

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