As an initiative that benefits the Cuban regime more than the islanders, the Cuba Cooperation France Association (Cuban athletes to that country before the 2024 Paris Olympics“>CubaCoop) has proposed taking Cuban athletes to prepare on French soil weeks before the start of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The project, which the Association described as an initiative to confront Washington’s “blockade” against Havana, would mean that French municipalities welcome Cuban Olympic and Paralympic athletes from various disciplines, who would arrive at those destinations days before entering the Olympic Village. and Paralympic.
According to the president of CubaCoop, businessman Víctor Fernández, this stay would allow athletes to have friendly meetings with local athletes, the official media quoted Jit.
The Paris Olympics will take place between July 26 and August 11, while the Paralympics will take place from August 28 to September 8, 2024.
According to Fernández, who has investments on the island and processes donations that he delivers to the government authorities, the US embargo “prevents the purchase of sports equipment and the trips abroad of competitors and coaches,” hence this initiative, which he did not mention. How do you plan to finance?
Jit He explained that the businessman would have presented his idea to the officials of the state National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER), which they accepted “for their contribution to the preparation of athletes and para-athletes, to the adaptation to the schedule and the conditions climatic conditions of Paris.
CubaCoop, an organization that in the last 25 years has financed dozens of projects in Cuba, including one for the production of pork in Cienfuegos, as well as another of hydraulic interest in Gran Piedra, Santiago de Cuba, also wants to negotiate with the French federations of various disciplines the possibility of working together with their Cuban counterparts.
“We already have the first fruits, for example in the case of judo, with details that we will deal with soon”, explained Fernández.
