But legal experts here said that Mr. Rubino might also reap some benefit from the anti-Castro sentiment among potential jurors.

Mr. Reich's supporters say that those who claim he will pursue his own agenda on Cuba or view regional relations through the prism of his anti-Castro sentiments are misguided.

Such a declaration would normally seem unremarkable, just another example of a Cuban exile expressing anti-Castro sentiment.

They took the action to protest anti-Castro sentiment in the stands, according to Pat Courtney, a spokesman for Major League Baseball.

The covert plan was intended to fuel anti-Castro sentiments provoking an overthrow of the government or assassination attempts on Castro.

The Cubans boycotted the postgame news conference to protest the anti-Castro sentiment and also briefly threatened to withdraw from the tournament.

But, in a passage that was underlined, the Cubans said they had received guarantees from promoters that this type of anti-Castro sentiment would not occur again.

They seem intent on prolonging this wrenching process, perhaps hoping that anti-Castro sentiment in Miami will make it politically impossible for the I.N.S. to retrieve the child.

United States policy, Mr. De Cordoba notes, is constrained by the fierce anti-Castro sentiment of the Cuban exile community in southern Florida.

John Blundell, a baseball spokesman, said Cabrera gave no reason, but, as with Cuba's previous boycott, it was clearly related to the anti-Castro sentiment.