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A Little League team in Venezuela will not be able to participate in the Senior World League series after its travel visas to the United States was denied.
The team of Cacique Mara, from Maracaibo, Venezuela, was scheduled to participate in the tournament after winning the Latin American championship in Mexico.
However, Venezuela is among a list of countries with restrictions to enter the United States, and President Donald Trump has forbidden to travel to the United States from 12 other countries, citing national security concerns.
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An overview of the stadium before the game between the Caribbean region and the Asia-Pacific region at the Lamade stadium. (Evan Haeb-Use Today Sports)
The World Baseball Series of the Senior League, a tournament for players from 13 to 16 years, is played every year in Easley, South Carolina, and begins on Saturday.
“The team of Cacique Mara Little League of Venezuela unfortunately could not obtain the appropriate visas to travel to the World Baseball Series of the Senior League,” said Little League International in a statement, and added that it is “extremely disappointing, especially for these young athletes.”
A general view of the great baseball decoration at the Lamade stadium. (Evan Haeb-Use Today Sports)
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“It is a mockery by the small league to keep us here in Bogotá in the hope that our children can fulfill their dreams of participating in a world championship,” the team said in their own statement. “What do we do with such injustice, what do we do with the pain that was caused to our children?”
The organizers of the tournament replaced Venezuelans with the Santa Maria de Aguayo de Tamaulipas team, Mexico, the team that was runner -up in the Latin American championship.
The National Flag of the Bolíva Republic of Venezuela, fluttering in the wind in a flag in St. Petersburg, Russia. (Maksim Konstantinov/Images/LightCket soup through Getty Images)
The Venezuelan team traveled to Colombia two weeks ago to request their visas at the United States Embassy in Bogotá.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comments.
