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by **Amazinz** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:35 am

Yes Cuba can play in the Olympics and they can send a team to U.S. soil. The U.S. is not banning Cuba from the WC. What they are doing is preventing MLB (a U.S. business) from entering into a trade agreement with Cuba. As to whether or not they can circumvent this by using Japan as a middle man, I don't know. My understanding of trade embargo law is fairly limited but my guess would be no. If it was that easy to circumvent I would imagine many more U.S. companies doing it.

by **shortsavage** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:33 pm

shortsavage wrote:Wait...last time I checked, Cuba was refusing to participate in an event relvolving around Capitalism. When did that change?

No one knows?

by **BaseballFann0008** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:38 pm

shortsavage wrote:Wait...last time I checked, Cuba was refusing to participate in an event relvolving around Capitalism. When did that change?

exactly

by **Amazinz** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:41 pm

BaseballFann0008 wrote:
shortsavage wrote:Wait...last time I checked, Cuba was refusing to participate in an event relvolving around Capitalism. When did that change?

exactly

I don't think that was ever the case. Cuba formally accepted the invitation.

by **ARN** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:42 pm

shortsavage wrote:
shortsavage wrote:Wait...last time I checked, Cuba was refusing to participate in an event relvolving around Capitalism. When did that change?

No one knows?

last i heard cuba was leaning towards playing and castro i know made a four hour statement a few weeks ago which had a large piece on him wanting them to play.

i think im being ignorant cause im not seeing the difference between participation in this and the olympics, other then that a US organization is behind setting it up of corse.

by **shortsavage** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:51 pm

Amazinz wrote:
BaseballFann0008 wrote:
shortsavage wrote:Wait...last time I checked, Cuba was refusing to participate in an event relvolving around Capitalism. When did that change?

exactly

I don't think that was ever the case. Cuba formally accepted the invitation.

This SO was the case. Lemme see if I can find any articles.

Google news is only going back to November 23rd and I know what I read was before then :-[

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by **bleach168** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 5:19 pm

by **thedude** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 6:40 pm

shortsavage wrote:
Amazinz wrote:
BaseballFann0008 wrote:
shortsavage wrote:Wait...last time I checked, Cuba was refusing to participate in an event relvolving around Capitalism. When did that change?

exactly

I don't think that was ever the case. Cuba formally accepted the invitation.

This SO was the case. Lemme see if I can find any articles.

Google news is only going back to November 23rd and I know what I read was before then .

Castro said that the Cuban team would compete. The US treasury department killed it.

by **chadlincoln** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 6:44 pm

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