Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen has been suspended for five games because of his positive comments on Fidel Castro in which he expressed admiration for legendary Cuban leader and long time foe of US, Fidel Castro.
Miami / NationalTurk – The 5 game suspension of Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen by Miami Marlins board takes effect immediately. It was declared Tuesday shortly before Ozzie Guillen was to hold a news conference to explain his remarks, which caused different reactions in Miami and the rest of the USA.
Baseball manager of an US team praises Fidel Castro and everybody want his head for it !
Ozzie Guillen told Time magazine he loves and adores Fidel Castro and respects the retired Cuban leader for staying in power so long. Upon hearing the comments of Miami Marlin’s manager at least two local officials in Miami went berserk and said Miami Marlins should fire Ozzie Guillen immediately.
Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen : Hasta siempre Fidel Castro !
‘ The Marlins acknowledge the seriousness of the comments attributed to Guillen, the team stated officially announcing the suspension move. ‘ ‘ The pain and suffering caused by Fidel Castro in Cuba cannot be minimized especially in a community filled with victims of the dictatorship.’ The populist Miami Marlins board forced to state due to hatred towards the Cuban revolution leader who always stood solidly and firmly against US and its politics for decades.
Ozzie Guillen left his team in Philadelphia and flew back to Miami to explain why Fidel Castro is a great leader and why he adores the legendary Cuban leader at the Marlins’ new ballpark.
USA lashes at Ozzie Guillen the Marlins manager who said he admires Fidel Castro
Guillen, born in Venezuel spoke in Spanish on Tuesday morning in Miami and explained to the Miami city, its Cuban-American community and all Latin Americans his comments, which were published on Time magazine’s website previous week. ESPN translated his speech by twisting it so it sounds apologetic. Obviously freedom of speech has its borders in Miami and the rest of the USA, when it comes to Cuba and Fidel Castro.
Major League Baseball was reviewing the situation too. It’s not the first time that Guillen has praised Castro publicly. In a Men’s Journal interview in 2008, Guillen was asked to name the toughest man he knows and his answer was no one other than Fidel Castro.
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A Cuban-American advocacy group in Miami, Vigilia Mambisa, has stated it would boycott and demonstrate against Ozzie Guillen until the Marlins fire the manager, who said that he adores Cuba and its legendary leader Fidel Castro.
Ozzie Guillen, who is from Venezuela but became a United States citizen in 2006, also praised controversial Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez in 2005 and it’s not the first time he praises Fidel Castro. He had appeared on the Chavez’s radio show twice and when asked about it, he confessed: ‘ Not too many people like the president Chavez. I do, and am proud of it. ‘
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