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CivicEvo · 06-06-2017, 01:38 PM

CARACAS, VENEZUELA
JULY 26, 2015

The International Baseball Federation gathered in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas to announce the formation of a two-team Venezuelan domestic association to begin play in 2016. The association, which will take on a similar naming structure as the other leagues, will be known as the Venezuelan Baseball League.

Two owners have stepped forward to start operations after the 2015 Division I Club Championship, but those teams remain unannounced until later in the season, as the IBF wants to leave a little bit of surprise as to where the teams will be located. That said, officials did hint that the cities would be not that difficult to figure out.

As of the offseason, both teams will officially ratify their membership and become full-fledged members of the IBF. For 2016, the association will consist of two teams playing in a 20-game challenge series from August 15 - September 15 to determine the champion. In the event of a 10-10 split, a 21st game will be played to determine the winner. Additionally, as official members of the International Baseball Federation, they will be eligible to trade players with the other three leagues, and will be eligible for the 2016 Club Championship. Venezuela, as a national, will continue to perform in International Tournaments as well.

About Venezuela
From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela)

Source: TripAdvisor

Venezuela is a federal republic located on the northern coast of South America. It is bordered by Colombia on the west, Brazil on the south, Guyana on the east, and the islands of Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east. Venezuela covers 916,445 km2 (353,841 sq mi) and has over 31 million (31,775,371) people. The country has extremely high biodiversity (ranked 7th in the world's list of nations with the most number of species), with habitats ranging from the Andes Mountains in the west to the Amazon Basin rain-forest in the south, via extensive llanos plains and Caribbean coast in the center and the Orinoco River Delta in the east.

The territory now known as Venezuela was colonized by Spain in 1522 amid resistance from indigenous peoples. In 1811, it became one of the first Spanish-American colonies to declare independence, which was not securely established until 1821, when Venezuela was a department of the federal republic of Gran Colombia. It gained full independence as a separate country in 1830. During the 19th century, Venezuela suffered political turmoil and autocracy, remaining dominated by regional caudillos (military strongmen) until the mid-20th century. Since 1958, the country has had a series of democratic governments. Economic shocks in the 1980s and 1990s led to several political crises, including the deadly Caracazo riots of 1989, two attempted coups in 1992, and the impeachment of President Carlos Andrés Pérez for embezzlement of public funds in 1993. A collapse in confidence in the existing parties saw the 1998 election of former coup-involved career officer Hugo Chávez and the launch of the Bolivarian Revolution, beginning with a 1999 Constituent Assembly to write a new Constitution of Venezuela. This new constitution officially changed the name of the country to República Bolivariana de Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela).

Venezuela is a federal presidential republic consisting of 23 states, the Capital District (covering Caracas), and federal dependencies (covering Venezuela's offshore islands). Venezuela also claims all Guyanese territory west of the Essequibo River, a 159,500-square-kilometre (61,583 sq mi) tract dubbed Guayana Esequiba or the Zona en Reclamación (the "zone being reclaimed"). Venezuela is among the most urbanized countries in Latin America; the vast majority of Venezuelans live in the cities of the north, especially in the capital (Caracas) which is also the largest city in Venezuela.

Oil was discovered in the early 20th century, and Venezuela has the world's largest known oil reserves and has been one of the world's leading exporters of oil. Previously an underdeveloped exporter of agricultural commodities such as coffee and cocoa, oil quickly came to dominate exports and government revenues. The 1980s oil glut led to an external debt crisis and a long-running economic crisis, in which inflation peaked at 100% in 1996 and poverty rates rose to 66% in 1995 as (by 1998) per capita GDP fell to the same level as 1963, down a third from its 1978 peak. The recovery of oil prices in the early 2000s gave Venezuela oil funds not seen since the 1980s. The Venezuelan government then established populist policies that initially boosted the Venezuelan economy and increased social spending, significantly reducing economic inequality and poverty. However, such policies later became controversial since they destabilized the nation's economy, resulting in hyperinflation, an economic depression and a drastic increase in poverty.

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Additional Note: Confirming now that the two-team Venezuelan association WILL be included in the 2016 quickstart that I release.

06-06-2017, 01:38 PM	#442
CivicEvo All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 672	ANNOUNCEMENT: Venezuela Baseball League to Begin Play in 2016 CARACAS, VENEZUELA JULY 26, 2015 The International Baseball Federation gathered in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas to announce the formation of a two-team Venezuelan domestic association to begin play in 2016. The association, which will take on a similar naming structure as the other leagues, will be known as the Venezuelan Baseball League. Two owners have stepped forward to start operations after the 2015 Division I Club Championship, but those teams remain unannounced until later in the season, as the IBF wants to leave a little bit of surprise as to where the teams will be located. That said, officials did hint that the cities would be not that difficult to figure out. As of the offseason, both teams will officially ratify their membership and become full-fledged members of the IBF. For 2016, the association will consist of two teams playing in a 20-game challenge series from August 15 - September 15 to determine the champion. In the event of a 10-10 split, a 21st game will be played to determine the winner. Additionally, as official members of the International Baseball Federation, they will be eligible to trade players with the other three leagues, and will be eligible for the 2016 Club Championship. Venezuela, as a national, will continue to perform in International Tournaments as well. About Venezuela From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela) Source: TripAdvisor Venezuela is a federal republic located on the northern coast of South America. It is bordered by Colombia on the west, Brazil on the south, Guyana on the east, and the islands of Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east. Venezuela covers 916,445 km2 (353,841 sq mi) and has over 31 million (31,775,371) people. The country has extremely high biodiversity (ranked 7th in the world's list of nations with the most number of species), with habitats ranging from the Andes Mountains in the west to the Amazon Basin rain-forest in the south, via extensive llanos plains and Caribbean coast in the center and the Orinoco River Delta in the east. The territory now known as Venezuela was colonized by Spain in 1522 amid resistance from indigenous peoples. In 1811, it became one of the first Spanish-American colonies to declare independence, which was not securely established until 1821, when Venezuela was a department of the federal republic of Gran Colombia. It gained full independence as a separate country in 1830. During the 19th century, Venezuela suffered political turmoil and autocracy, remaining dominated by regional caudillos (military strongmen) until the mid-20th century. Since 1958, the country has had a series of democratic governments. Economic shocks in the 1980s and 1990s led to several political crises, including the deadly Caracazo riots of 1989, two attempted coups in 1992, and the impeachment of President Carlos Andrés Pérez for embezzlement of public funds in 1993. A collapse in confidence in the existing parties saw the 1998 election of former coup-involved career officer Hugo Chávez and the launch of the Bolivarian Revolution, beginning with a 1999 Constituent Assembly to write a new Constitution of Venezuela. This new constitution officially changed the name of the country to República Bolivariana de Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela). Venezuela is a federal presidential republic consisting of 23 states, the Capital District (covering Caracas), and federal dependencies (covering Venezuela's offshore islands). Venezuela also claims all Guyanese territory west of the Essequibo River, a 159,500-square-kilometre (61,583 sq mi) tract dubbed Guayana Esequiba or the Zona en Reclamación (the "zone being reclaimed"). Venezuela is among the most urbanized countries in Latin America; the vast majority of Venezuelans live in the cities of the north, especially in the capital (Caracas) which is also the largest city in Venezuela. Oil was discovered in the early 20th century, and Venezuela has the world's largest known oil reserves and has been one of the world's leading exporters of oil. Previously an underdeveloped exporter of agricultural commodities such as coffee and cocoa, oil quickly came to dominate exports and government revenues. The 1980s oil glut led to an external debt crisis and a long-running economic crisis, in which inflation peaked at 100% in 1996 and poverty rates rose to 66% in 1995 as (by 1998) per capita GDP fell to the same level as 1963, down a third from its 1978 peak. The recovery of oil prices in the early 2000s gave Venezuela oil funds not seen since the 1980s. The Venezuelan government then established populist policies that initially boosted the Venezuelan economy and increased social spending, significantly reducing economic inequality and poverty. However, such policies later became controversial since they destabilized the nation's economy, resulting in hyperinflation, an economic depression and a drastic increase in poverty. -- Additional Note: Confirming now that the two-team Venezuelan association WILL be included in the 2016 quickstart that I release. Last edited by CivicEvo; 06-07-2017 at 12:56 PM.