Is there a double standard here?

Steve Ninvalle

Imagine being an ambassador for your country but you are left stranded in a foreign island for months without basic necessities.

This is the harsh reality that four of Guyana’s best boxers Keevin Allicock, Colin Lewis, Desmond Amsterdam and Dennis Thomas are facing at the moment in Cuba.

The quartet, who departed January 4 for a training stint, is literally suffering and is  pleading to be returned to their homeland.