July 24, 2007
Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro deplored the defection of three athletes and a coach during the Panamerican Games in Brazil, saying on Monday they had betrayed Cuba for dollars.Cuba's Olympic and world amateur boxing champion Guillermo Rigondeaux and teammate Erislandy Lara failed to appear for their scheduled bouts in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday.
A member of the Cuban handball team, Rafael Dacosta, and gym trainer Lazaro Lamelas defected earlier, Castro lamented, accusing the United States of luring Cuba's best athletes.
"Betrayal for money is one of the favorite weapons of the United States to destroy Cuba's resistance," Castro wrote in his latest column e-mailed to journalists in Havana.
Yeah -- what is wrong with these guys? Didn't they watch Michael Moore's movie about how great their life is in Cuba with HillaryCare government-provided medical care for the masses?
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