In a statement, the Federation clarified that although the invitation originated in Venezuela, the original host of this edition, it was endorsed by the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation (CBPC), the tournament’s governing body, of which Cuba is a founding member. According to the statement, the CBPC has not communicated with the Cuban Baseball and Softball Federation “regarding such an important decision, which undermines the established commitments and the format approved by our country to participate.”

The Federation emphasized that the change of venue does not justify Cuba’s non-participation, and that the country deserves and demands respectful treatment, especially given the sensitive nature of the situation for Cuban sports. The CBPC announced that the winter classic, scheduled for February 1-7, will be held in Guadalajara, after approving the proposal submitted by the ARCO Mexican Pacific League, spearheaded by the Charros de Jalisco organization.

The change came after Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic withdrew from the originally planned venue of Greater Caracas, citing logistical reasons unrelated to the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League.

The loss of Greater Caracas as the venue for the Caribbean classic occurs within a context of US military harassment, aggression, and encirclement of the Bolivarian Republic, whose president, Donald Trump, recently expressed his intentions to seize the oil and other resources of the South American nation.

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