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A Little League team in Venezuela will not be able to participate in the senior the Little League World Series after their travel visas in the United States refused.
The Cacique Mara, Maracaibo, Venezuela Cacique team was to participate in the tournament after winning the Latin American championship in Mexico.
However, Venezuela is part of a list of countries with restrictions on the United States, and President Donald Trump has prohibited travel in the United States in 12 other countries, citing national security problems.
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A general vision of the stadium before the game between the Caribbean region and the Asia-Pacific region at the Lamade stadium. (Evan Habeeb-USA today Sports)
The Senior Baseball World Series, a tournament for players aged 13 to 16, is played out every year in Easley, in South Carolina, and begins on Saturday.
“The Mara Little League Cacique team from Venezuela unfortunately could not obtain the appropriate visas to go to the World Series of the Senior League,” said the Little League International in a statement, adding that it is “extremely disappointing, in particular these young athletes”.
A general view of the large baseball decoration at the Lamade stadium. (Evan Habeeb-USA today Sports)
Little Leagher, 12, authorized the return to the state tournament after the judge overthrows the Bat Flip suspension
“It is a mockery from Little League to keep us here in Bogotá in the hope that our children can realize their dreams of participating in a world championship,” the team said in a statement. “What are we doing with so much injustice, what do we do with the pain caused to our children?”
The tournament organizers replaced the Venezuelans with the Santa Maria de Aguayo team from Tamaulipas, Mexico, the team who was a finalist in the Latin American championship.
The national flag of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, floating in the wind on a mast in Saint Petersburg, in Russia. (MAKSIM KONSTANTINOV / SOPA Images / Lightrocket via Getty Images)
The Venezuelan team went to Colombia two weeks ago to ask their visas at the United States Embassy in Bogotá.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comments.
