The Venezuelan Baseball Federation used twitter to refute reports from various media outlets that Omar Vizquel has been dismissed as manager of Team Venezuela at the 2017 World Baseball Classic. It was reported that he was fired, MLB already had been informed and that he will be replaced by Eduardo Perez. Henry Blanco would have been the new bench coach.
However Edwin Zerpa, president of the Venezuelan federation, confirmed that Vizquel is still the manager and that a meeting has been scheduled between the executive board, Vizquel and general manager Carlos Guillen to discuss the situation.
Vizquel not only was supposed to manage the team during the upcoming WBC, but also towards the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.