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Manuel Suarez Orlando Sotolongo and Juan Carlos Reyes

Pan Am Games: There are more than 150 Cuban athletes at the Pan Am Games, competing in a range of sports, according to CBC. CBC complete coverage of the Pan Am Games The Games rowing venue in St. Coach Juan Carlos Reyes says Leosmel Ramos, Wilber Turro, Manuel Suarez and Orlando Sotolongo have left the team and travelled to the United States. Catharines, Ont., is only a few kilometres from the U.S. border. Sotolongo won a silver medal at the Games and made a Facebook post about his love for Cuba shortly before leaving the team. Reyes says Ramos and Turro dropped out before the regatta began on Saturday while Suarez and Sotolongo were in earlier races and then withdrew. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.