just eight days after cuba downed two civilian aircraft with air-to-air
missiles, volleyball fans in Dallas stood as a symbol of respect for the communist country.
Ranked number one in the world, the Cuban national volleyball team took on the U.S.
women's team, beating them 3-0. The focus here is on international competition with
sights set on the Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The players on both teams are keeping politics
off the court.
If they have been bothered by any of the problems that have happened...
No, they say that this is a sport, to practice.
No, they just concentrate on sports.
Italy is very, very bad.
Seventy-eight-year-old Ramiro Vidopia emigrated from Cuba more than 30 years ago.
The owner of this East Dallas grocery store and restaurant
spent four months in a Cuban jail before ever coming to this country.
On this day, he and some of his regulars talk U.S.-Cuban relations.
I think that it was unfortunate that this had to happen for Clinton to react.
Ramos believes the Cuban volleyball team should not have been allowed to play here.
While Cuban players concentrate on their future at the Summer Olympics,
American leaders concentrate on whether the two countries will even have future relations.
Shelley Johnson, Texas News 5.
Thank you.