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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL is banning players from participating in the Venezuelan Winter League in one of the first public repercussions of new US economic sanctions against the Venezuelan government.
MLB said on Thursday that it was in contact with the US government to determine how to proceed under the new sanctions against President Nicolas Maduro’s administration and at least temporarily suspending involvement in the league.
The Venezuelan Winter League is one many that major league players use to hone their skills in the off-season.
International solidarity can ensure that Trump and his machine cannot prevail without a level of political and economic cost that he will not want to pay, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
The global left must be unwavering in it is support for Venezuela as Washington increases its aggression, and clear-eyed about the West’s cynical motives for targeting it, says CLAUDIA WEBBE
