Wondering if MLB has baseball academies in Haiti, instead found this from Dave Zirin

"When Hugo Chávez struck out in his December referendum aimed at overhauling the Venezuelan political system,

• a small group of overfed men raised their glasses in triumph:

• the assorted owners of Major League Baseball....

Owners love Latin America for the same reason Disney can’t get enough of Haiti: they, can sign children for pennies, treat them like trash when they’re finished, and face contact lens-thin regulations for their troubles."...

• From Dave Zirin's weekly sports colum, 2/26/08, edgeof sports.com

(Photo from EPA, Haitians search youth, 4/12/08)

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