42 | Little League Dreams with Belly of the Beast Cuba's Daniel Montero
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In this episode, Miguel interviewed Daniel Montero, a Cuban journalist, producer, and director with Belly of the Beast Cuba. Miguel spoke to Daniel about his documentary film director debut, Little League Dreams, which dropped on Belly of the Beast Cuba's YouTube page. You can watch the film here.  The documentary Little League Dreams chronicles the journey of the 11 – and 12 – year olds from the Bayamo (Granma) Little League team that represented Cuba at the 2023 Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, Panama eliminated Baymo Little League, 3-2, on Sunday, August 20, 2023. However, these kids should be proud of representing Cuba and winning against Australia 11-1 on Saturday, August 19, 2023. Miguel also asked Daniel about the impact of the 61-year U.S. Embargo policy on the Bayamo Little League team and Cuban society in general. I hope you all enjoy this episode! Daniel Montero was co-winner of a One World Media Award and a Telly Award for his work on the Belly of the Beast acclaimed documentary series, The War on Cuba. Daniel has been interviewed on Democracy Now! and published in The Guardian. He graduated from the University of Havana School of Communications in 2020 with a degree in journalism. Daniel was a reporter and presenter for Radio Havana's Cuba's English broadcast for two and a half years, where Daniel ran two shows. In 2018, he was a co-winner of a Caribbean Broadcasting Union Award for his work on Cito del Arte (The website of the arts). You can follow Belly of the Beast Cuba on: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BellyofTheBeastCuba Twitter: @bellybeastcuba Instagram: bellyofthebeastcuba Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bellyofthebeastcuba/ Links: Cuba's first Little League World Series team has family ties to MLB's Gurriel brothers (USA Today) The War on Cuba Series (Belly of the Beast Cuba) The U.S. blockade, and the "1 cent 4 Cuba" campaign to challenge it (Dr. Helen Yaffe) Let Cuba Miguel Garcia produced this episode. The Sports As A Weapon Podcast is part of the @Anticonquista Media Collective. Subscribe to the ANTICONQUISTA Patreon and follow ANTICONQUISTA on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok! Also, listen/subscribe to the Sports As A Weapon Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Deezer, or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow us on: Twitter: @sportsasaweapon Facebook: fb.com/sportsasaweaponpodcast Instagram: @sportsasaweaponpodcast Tik Tok: @SportsAsAWeapon BlueSky: @sportsasaweapon.bsky.social Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sportsasaweaponpodcast (If you want) Visit our website: www.sportsasaweapon.com
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