Cuban baseball today seems a reminder of the island's massive youth exodus — which ought to make it a handy showcase of what Cuban exiles protest. This Cuban crew is largely a team drawn from a rapidly shrinking pool of talented youth who in recent years have been abandoning their communist country in droves.
It’s a more than apt coincidence that Chávez’s memory is in the news now as Florida’s legislature convenes to propose laws that, if enacted, would press their own boot heel on free speech.