Ten days ago, the Confederacion de Beisbol Profesional del Caribe moved the 2026 Caribbean Series out of Caracas,Venezuela, citing concerns with safety and travel.
Giuseppe Palmisano, the president of the Liga Venezolana de Beisbol Profesional, wrote a two-page letter to Juan Francisco Puello Herrera, the CBPC commissioner, enumerating complaints and concerns regarding the removal of the series from Venezuela. The letter, which was first published in a post on X by El Extrabase, also asked that Venezuela be awarded another Caribbean Series to host before the end of the current cycle of hosts, which extends through 2030.
“… While acknowledging the fraternal relationship that unites the members of the Assembly of Presidents, I want to convey to you once again the sense of frustration and, likewise, of desolation that the LVBP teams are experiencing after the decision was made to deprive us of the Gran Caracas 2026 Caribbean Series,” Palmisano said in his letter, which was written in Spanish.
Primicia El Extrabase: esta carta fue enviada por Giuseppe Palmisano, Presidente de la LVBP, al Licenciado Juan Francisco Puello Herrera, Comisionado de la Confederación de Béisbol Profesional del Caribe.
Esto en respuesta a la decisión de la CBPC de mover la sede de la Serie… pic.twitter.com/gaQKr5Dvgt
— El Extrabase ⚾️ (@ElExtrabase) December 28, 2025
Expressing frustration at Venezuela being excluded from the decision to move the Caribbean Series from Caracas to Guadalajara, Mexico, Palmisano said the series being moved puts the league under economic duress.
“I want to make it clear to the CBPC, Commissioner Puello, that the LVBP is facing an emergency situation where the investments, as well as the commitments made for the realization of the Caribbean Series Gran Caracas 2026 event, leave us in a difficult economic position, not to mention that the enthusiasm of our fans, which has been growing sustainably in our baseball league, is left with a bitter taste, damaging the institutional credibility of the LVBP before Venezuelan society in general,” Palmisano’s letter said.
The letter went on to request that money previously paid by the LVBP to Puerto Rico’s LBPRC, a fellow member of the CPBC, be repaid, and that such repayment should be enforced by the CBPC.
After asking for that repayment, Palmisano asked “that Venezuela’s right to host the Caribbean Series within the current rotation cycle, which ends in 2030, be respected.”
Doing so would require the CBPC to move one of the next four Caribbean Series, all of which have already been awarded to host cities: The 2027 Caribbean Series will be played in Hermosillo, Mexico, and the 2028, 2029, and 2030 Caribbean Series will be played at loanDepot Park in Miami, the home of Major League Baseball’s Miami Marlins.
The letter concluded by saying that the LVBP is seeking to mitigate its losses, and solicited the Asociación de Ligas de Beisbol de las Américas to hold the 2026 Serie de Las Americas in Venezuela, “not only to mitigate the economic consequences, but also to protect the prestige and continued relevance of baseball in Venezuela, and above all, to ensure that the CBPC has a robust and reliable partner in our country that can uphold the Confederation’s reputation[.]”
Photo: Juan Francisco Puello Herrera, Commissioner of the CBPC, addresses the media at a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, in August 2025. (Photo courtesy of the CPBC)
