"
But now this talent pipeline is being squeezed. As
problems pile up for Venezuela's socialist
government, Major League Baseball is drawing
down. Skyrocketing crime has led most teams to
close their academies and move the players to
similar ones they run in the Dominican Republic,
says Hector Ortega, the Cubs trainer in Guacara.
..."
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/02/24/467914426/as-venezuela-crisis-deepens-u-s-baseball-teams-close-academies?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=world
