Ozzie Guillen is tired of the sour tone of U.S.-Venezuela relations in recent years.
Speaking from his home in Caracas, the Chicago White Sox manager weighed in on the financial crisis and the effect it may have on baseball. He said that “teams will have to look for alternatives, work with lower salaries.”
Guillen also expressed hope that President-elect Obama and Venezuela’s Chavez will strengthen relations. The AP reports that he added, “I’m not asking them to be great friends, but at least that they shake hands.”
After all, trade between the U.S. and Venezuela rose by about 50 percent in 2008.
Hopefully Santa Claus was listening.
Guillen is in Caracas to give Christmas gifts to children with cancer through his Oswaldo Guillen Foundation. Next year, he hopes to do the same thing in Chicago.
