Franky Quintana, a pitcher for the Cuban national team, has escaped communism and slavery to the Castro dictatorship, defecting during the Fifth Caribbean Baseball Cup in Puerto Rico. Quintana adds to the mass exodus of Cuban sports competitors, becoming the 51st Cuban athlete to defect this year. Via CubaNet (my translation): Baseball player Franky Quintana
Yasmani Fernandez, one of Cuba's top athletes in the hammer throw, defected from the communist Castro dictatorship during a layover in Paris, France on his way to Hungary for the Budapest World Athletic Championship. Suarez joins dozens of other Cuban athletes who have escaped the Castro regime's chains of slavery this year. Via CubaNet (my