CUBANS UPON ARRIVAL IN COSTA RICA FOLLOWING A PRIVATE FLIGHT FROM THE BAHAMAS,...

(L to R) Cubans Alberto Hernandez, Lenin Rivero, Juan Carlos Romero, Rafael Reyes, Joel Pedroso and Orlando Hernandez arrive at the Juan Santamaria International Airport late January 7 following a private flight from the Bahamas. Pitcher Orlando Hernandez and catcher Alberto Hernandez, two Cuban baseball stars who arrived in the Bahamas last month on a rickety boat from their homeland, had been granted humanitarian visas by the U.S. government, but balked at coming to the United States without five other Cubans with whom they left their Communist-ruled homeland. COSTA RICA CUBANS