Half of Cuba's field hockey team in the Pan Am games defect to US

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http://news.yahoo.com/half-cuba-mens-hockey-team-defects-080115006.html

Toronto (Canada) (AFP) - Half of the Cuban men's field hockey team at the Pan American Games in Toronto defected to the United States, a player and sources close to the Cuban delegation said.

The sources said eight of the 16 Cuban players had deserted, while team member Roger Aguilera put the number at seven, just the latest in a rash of Cuban defections across several sports.

"Everyone knows what happened to our team, we have seven of them in the United States," said Aguilera, after the decimated Cubans were hammered 13-0 by Trinidad and Tobago.

So besides these guys, there's also been a couple of rowers who disappeared as well. Wonder what would make them want to leave the socialist paradise...