– Baseball
Ironically, the game played by the American class enemy is Cuba’s national sport: baseball. In Cuban politics, however, things are less sporty.
Players of the Cuban national baseball team warm up at their home stadium in Havana. Béisbol, imported from the United States in the mid-19th century, is Cuba’s national sport. Comrade Fidel Castro occasionally opened a “juego” with the first ball, as American presidents do. In 1869 the Spanish colonial authorities banned Béisbol – the sport was considered a hobby of subversives, autonomists. But Madrid could not prevent Cuba’s independence or the switch to extensive dependence on the USA. But since the 1959 coup, Washington’s word on Cuba is no longer valid. Fidel was in charge until 2011, then his brother Raúl, meanwhile Miguel Díaz-Canel, with Raúl Castro (soon to be 92) still pulling the strings. Power is cemented, despite the economic crisis, repression and emigration. There is a lack of everything in the country, including hope, for which the United States is to blame, as the regime has always babbled on. The “election” of parliament at the weekend was a charade. There were 470 candidates available for the 470 seats, all sanctioned by the Communist Party, most of whom were Communist Party members anyway. Competition is only good for the baseball field.
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