Tension between Cuba and the United States had already been an issue with the selection of Indianapolis over
Havana for the site of the games, and a Cuban boycott had been avoided only when
Fidel Castro received a promise that the
1991 Pan American Games would be held in Havana. After the incident with a plane flying a banner urging Cuban athletes to defect in the opening ceremony, Cuban immigrants to the United States continued to use the games as a way to confront the
Castro regime, using the Cuban athletes as a proxy. This games marked the first time since the
Cuban Revolution that Cuban athletes had participated in the United States. At a baseball game in
Bush Stadium between Cuba and the
Netherlands Antilles the day after the opening ceremony, Cuban-American protestors taunted the Cuban players, threw flyers at them, and mocked them with offers of cash. A fight broke out, but only one bystander was injured and hospitalized after
Indianapolis police broke up the fight by preventing the Cuban players from entering the stands. At a subsequent game against Puerto Rico, some Cuban players were able to enter the stands to chase protestors before being stopped. ==Summary==