This is the kind of stuff that just drives the propaganda masters in Cuba nuts. The US women’s volleyball team upset the four-time world champion Cuban team today at the World Cup volleyball tournament in Japan.
Of course, I can only wonder what awaits these poor ladies who failed to defeat the yanqui imperialistas and brought shame upon their king. He is probably seething right this moment, foaming at the mouth. Or, he could just be drooling and still have that stupefied look on his face we have seen in his latest videos and pictures. It’s hard to tell to be honest with you.
Nevertheless, we all know the real reasons why the US was able to beat the vaunted and heavily favored Cuban team: It is all because of the embargo. It cannot be because perhaps the US played a better game, or maybe the US team had better coaching. It has to be because of the embargo because anything that goes wrong in Cuba is always the fault of the embargo.
Gosh, I hope that this defeat does not prompt some of these compañeras into defecting. That would have dire consequences for their families in Cuba.
If you want an idea of how big a story this is in the womens volleyball world, Brazil interuppted regular programing and was touting the story all day long. They had “womens volleyball analysts” reviewing every serve, every volley, every set, everything about this game. The Sunday Sports shows do not have Formula One Racing anymore, so this week it was 98% soccer action, 1.5% this story, and the rest was a mix of this and that. There is a HUGE between brasil and cuba in womens volleyball. It is a very heated rivalry.