{"id":196478,"date":"2019-04-09T16:10:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T20:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=196478"},"modified":"2019-04-09T16:10:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T20:10:55","slug":"cuba-protests-u-s-blocking-of-agreement-with-major-league-baseball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba-usa\/cuba-protests-u-s-blocking-of-agreement-with-major-league-baseball\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba protests U.S. blocking of agreement with Major League Baseball"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB) protested on Monday <\/span>the decision<\/span><\/a> of the U.S. government to block the historic agreement that would allow Major League Baseball to hire Cuban baseball players and denounced its “political motivation.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“What the attacks with political motivation against the agreement have achieved is harming the athletes, their families and the fans,” said the FCB in a tweet, after hearing the decision of the U.S. Treasury Department that it would annul in practice the agreement negotiated for three years by the MLB and the Cuban federation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Check the Tweet Here<\/a><\/p>\n

The Treasury communicated by letter to the MLB that the part of the contract that obligates them to pay the FCB a release fee for the hired players is illegal, considering that it does not benefit them but rather the Cuban State.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Payments to the Cuba Baseball Federation are illegal under U.S. sanctions because the federation is part of the Cuban government,” says a note from the Office of Foreign Assets Control, a Treasury dependent body, which recalled the prohibition to carry out this type of financial transactions with the authorities of the Caribbean country because it would violate the embargo imposed on the island.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump administration cancels deal between Cuba and MLB<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n