Venezuelan baseball league starts amid sanctions

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Venezuelan baseball league will start on Tuesday amid uncertainty because of Washington’s sanctions against the administration of President Nicolas Maduro.
Players affiliated to Major League Baseball are forbidden to join in.
Venezuela’s economic crisis forced the coming season to be reduced from 63 to 43 matches for each of the six teams.
The league has so far failed to avoid sanctions by U.S. President Donald Trump, who wants Maduro out of office