Cuba will launch a bid to play host to the 2012 Olympics on this Caribbean island.
Published:
4 June 2001 y., Monday
Vice President Jose Ramon Fernandez, head of Cuba's Olympic Committee, told the Communist Party daily newspaper Granma that Cuba wants to show the world how a small country can efficiently organize the event without the commercialism that traditionally accompanies the games.
Eight U.S. cities also have submitted bids for the Olympics. They are New York; Houston; Dallas; Los Angeles; Cincinnati; San Francisco; Tampa, Fla.; and Washington-Baltimore. The International Olympic Committee will choose a host city in fall 2005.
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