ADThe opening of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League, however, brought a measure of relief. The financial measures ban U.S. individuals and companies from dealing with Maduro’s government, such as the state-run oil firm PDVSA, which until recently sponsored the Venezuelan baseball league. He said the Venezuelan league had dropped its PDVSA sponsorship, leaning more on private companies that have long sponsored the league, like Coke, Toyota and the Venezuelan food and beer giant Polar. ADPalmisano said he was hopeful circumstances would soon change so the MLB players would be able to play later in the season. ADHe is one of several dozen foreigners in Venezuela’s league, most from the Dominican Republic.

Source: Washington Post November 06, 2019 16:16 UTC