Pan Am Games: 4 members of Cuban rowing team defect to U.S., coach says
Games rowing venue in St. Catharines, Ont., only a few kilometres from U.S. border Four Cuban rowers have defected to the U.S. during the Pan Am Games, according to the team’s coach, a move one agent says is likely due to economic conditions inside Cuba. Coach Juan Carlos Reyes says Leosmel Ramos, Wilber Turro, Manuel Suarez and Orlando Sotolongo have left the team and travelled to the United States. There are