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NYT: Venezuelans Are Injecting New Life Into Colombian Baseball
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NYT: Venezuelans Are Injecting New Life Into Colombian Baseball
Copyright Jaír F. Coll 2024
Updated Nov 2023
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Summary
In a Bogotá league, Venezuelans who fled their homeland have carried on their culture in a country surrounded by soccer — and have built a support system. “It’s like having a piece of Venezuela here.”
Photos by Jaír F. Coll. Story by James Wagner

Baseball is not popular in Colombia. Except on the Caribbean coast, soccer dominates. In Bogotá, the capital, many know very little about “béisbol.” And the city has only two public baseball fields.

But swing by Hermes Barros Cabas baseball stadium on any weekend, and it doesn’t feel that way. On a recent Sunday, five groups of children dressed in their team uniforms filled every corner of the main field.

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Baseball Flourishes in Colombia’s Capital. But Not Because of Colombians.
In a Bogotá league, Venezuelans who fled their homeland have carried on their culture in a country surrounded by soccer — and have built a support system. “It’s like having a piece of Venezuela here.”
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