Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Castro is not a dictator so stop saying that!

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) Donate to DU
 
rinsd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-08-07 01:06 PM
Original message
Castro is not a dictator so stop saying that!
Castro might keep boxers in Cuba until Beijing Olympics

AP

HAVANA -- Fidel Castro might bar Cuban boxers from competing in the world championships in Chicago and other qualifying events leading to the Beijing Olympics to prevent possible defections.

Castro wrote in a column in official newspapers that two Cuban boxers who disappeared during the Pan American Games in Brazil last month, only to be arrested and sent back to the island, "had reached the point of no return" with the national boxing team.

"The athlete who abandons his delegation is not unlike the soldier who abandons his fellow men in the midst of combat," he said.

Guillermo Rigondeaux, a two-time Olympic bantamweight champion, and Erislandy Lara, a welterweight world champion, arrived Sunday in Cuba. They are being held in guest houses while the communist government decides what their new profession will be.

More at the link - http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2966158
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-08-07 01:13 PM
Response to Original message
1. Why is he sending his underware to China?
Refund?
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
John Q. Citizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-08-07 01:17 PM
Response to Reply #1
2. It may have something to do with the product recalls. Maybe his boxers
Edited on Wed Aug-08-07 01:24 PM by John Q. Citizen
were causing chemical burns simular to the thongs.

Can't China produces safe underware?

I applaud Castro's decision to stop buying underware from the Chinese dictators.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view 
this author's profile Click to add 
this author to your buddy list Click to add 
this author to your Ignore list Wed May 08th 2024, 06:22 PM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC