AnneMarie Garcia

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Cricketers fight for foothold in baseball-mad Cuba

AnneMarie Garcia · October 6, 2014 4:26 am

In this May 29, 2014 photo, Yulieski Gourriel, player for the Cuban baseball team Industriales, speaks on his cell phone before catching his flight at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba. Gourriel left Cuba to join the DeNA BayStars of Yokohama, Japan. New rules let islanders play overseas as long as they fulfill their commitment to the domestic league and international competitions. Gourriel is scheduled to be back for Cuba's winter league in November. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

Cuba ballplayers chase dreams, big bucks, overseas

AnneMarie Garcia · June 14, 2014 4:02 am

Cuban and U.S. boxers greet each other before the start of competition in Havana, Cuba, Friday, April. 4, 2014. Boxers from the U.S. and Cuba went glove-to-glove on Cuban soil for the first time in 27 years Friday in a semipro World Series of Boxing clash. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

US, Cuba boxers renew old rivalry in Havana

AnneMarie Garcia · April 5, 2014 5:01 am

Cuban lawmakers OK key foreign investment law

AnneMarie Garcia · March 29, 2014 4:25 pm

Cuba hikes salaries for doctors, nurses

AnneMarie Garcia · March 21, 2014 5:16 pm

Cuba baseball player hit in face with bat in brawl

AnneMarie Garcia · February 19, 2014 2:19 am

Griffey Jr., Larkin do baseball diplomacy in Cuba

AnneMarie Garcia · February 10, 2014 9:24 pm

In this Feb. 5, 2014 photo, Divaldo Aguiar, who plays the part of Pachencho, lies inside a mock coffin during Burial of Pachencho celebration at a cemetery in Santiago de Las Vegas, Cuba. Cuban villagers stage a mock funeral and burial of Pachencho, with a living man playing the part of Pachencho, in a boozy festival that has become an annual tradition in this small town near Havana, held each Feb. 5 for the last 30 years. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

AP PHOTOS: Cubans ‘bury’ man alive in mock funeral

AnneMarie Garcia · February 7, 2014 12:46 pm

Cuba pitcher Vicyhandri Odelin throws a ball in the first inning of a Caribbean Series baseball game against Puerto Rico in Porlamar, Venezuela, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Cuban soul-searching after baseball humiliation

AnneMarie Garcia · February 6, 2014 10:20 pm

French daredevil climbs Havana hotel without net

AnneMarie Garcia · February 4, 2013 7:09 pm

Dayron Robles confirms he will not run for Cuba

AnneMarie Garcia · January 24, 2013 6:58 pm

Olympic hurdler Robles says he won’t run for Cuba

AnneMarie Garcia · January 24, 2013 5:49 pm