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Minister Confirms Desertion of Athletes From Cuban Delegation but Clarifies that They Have Not yet Applied for Asylum - .:Ip agency::.

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Asunción, IP Agency.- Interior Minister Enrique Riera confirmed that the four Cuban athletes who left his delegation, in the framework of participation in the Pan American Junior Asu 2025 Games, have not applied for asylum so far. “It would be a case of desertion,” he said. It is three rowers and a handball athlete, all of whom are of age of Cuban nationality, who no longer showed up at the hotel where the delegation of that country was staying.
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Asunción, IP Agency.- Interior Minister Enrique Riera confirmed that the four Cuban athletes who left his delegation, in the framework of participation in the Pan American Junior Asu 2025 Games, have not applied for asylum so far. “It would be a case of desertion,” he said. It is three rowers and a handball athlete, all of whom are of age of Cuban nationality, who no longer showed up at the hotel where the delegation of that country was staying.

On the morning of this Thursday, it was reported that at least four Cuban athletes would have left their delegation in full development of the Pan American Junior Games, which are held in Asunción until next August 23. Cuban athletes left delegation: they would have deserted. Photo: Panama Sports According to the data, they would be athletes of the modalities of rowing and handball, who yesterday, Wednesday, did not return to the hotel where the…

In the midst of the competitions in the framework of the ASU 2025 Pan-American Junior Games, four athletes from the Cuban delegation did not return to the hotel after their last competition and would have reported that they did not intend to return to their country. "I want to clarify that they are not missing. They left their delegation of their own free will. We learned by communication from the Cuban delegation and it was we who made the corr…

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versus.com.py broke the news in on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
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