Someone talked to someone and got this taken care of this time…
Another team was NOT so lucky….
Brian McClintock, a senior executive for communications at Little League International, said in a statement the State Department notified Little League International that the Cardenales Little League team from Barquisimeto, Venezuela, “has received their visas and will be able to represent the Latin America Region at the 2025 Little League Baseball World Series.”…
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Venezuela is one of several countries whose nationals are restricted from or limited in travel into the U.S. under the proclamation signed by Trump in June…
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“The dream of our children will soon come true,” the team said in a translated Instagram post. “Williamsport here we come.”
Another Venezuelan Little League team, the Cacique Mara from Maracaibo, was denied entry to the U.S. last month for the Senior League Baseball World Series in South Carolina. At the time, Little League International said the team had been “unable to obtain the appropriate visas,” calling the decision to deny their entry “extremely disappointing, especially to these young athletes.”…
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Though Trump’s travel ban restrictions include an exception for “any athlete or member of an athletic team, including coaches, persons performing a necessary support role, and immediate relatives, traveling for the World Cup, Olympics, or other major sporting event as determined by the Secretary of State,” members of the Cuban women’s national volleyball team were denied visas to enter Puerto Rico to compete in a tournament last month….