what are the major sports played in venezuela?
Venezuela women's national volleyball team Venezuela national football team Venezuela men's national volleyball team
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 After World War II , professional leagues were founded in many Latin American nations , most prominently Venezuela ( 1946 ) and the Dominican Republic ( 1955 ) . Since the early 1970s , the annual Caribbean Series has matched the championship clubs from the four leading Latin American winter leagues : the Dominican Professional Baseball League , Mexican Pacific League , Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League , and Venezuelan Professional Baseball League . In Asia , South Korea ( 1982 ) , Taiwan ( 1990 ) , and China ( 2003 ) all have professional leagues . 

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 Throughout much of the twentieth century , Venezuela was beset by political , civil and military unrest . After Juan Vicente Gómez 's long reign as president ended in 1935 , a series of military rulers followed , concluding with Marcos Pérez Jiménez 's overthrow by general uprising in 1958 . Although the military remained influential , Venezuela 's government has since been chosen by civilians through democratic processes . Until 1998 , the dominant political parties were Acción Democrática and COPEI , who shared seven presidencies between them . In 1989 , during the second term in office for Acción Democrática 's Carlos Andrés Pérez , Venezuela was hit by a severe economic crisis . A wave of protests known as the Caracazo engulfed the country and dozens were killed in rioting . 

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 Baseball is currently the most popular spectator sport in the country . Japan 's top professional league , now known as Nippon Professional Baseball , was established in 1936 . Since the establishment of the Japan Professional Football League in 1992 , association football has also gained a wide following . Japan was a venue of the Intercontinental Cup from 1981 to 2004 and co @-@ hosted the 2002 FIFA World Cup with South Korea . Japan has one of the most successful football teams in Asia , winning the Asian Cup four times . Also , Japan recently won the FIFA Women 's World Cup in 2011 . Golf is also popular in Japan , as are forms of auto racing like the Super GT series and Formula Nippon . The country has produced one NBA player , Yuta Tabuse . 

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 Venezuelan law specifies that municipal governments have four main functions : executive , legislative , comptroller , and planning . The executive function is managed by the mayor , who is in charge of representing the municipality 's administration . The legislative branch is represented by the Municipal Council , composed of seven councillors , charged with the deliberation of new decrees and local laws . The comptroller tasks are managed by the municipal comptroller 's office , which oversees accountancy . Finally , planning is represented by the Local Public Planning Council , which manages development projects for the municipality . 

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 Many other sports are also played and followed , including basketball , boxing , cricket , fishing , greyhound racing , handball , hockey , horse racing , motor sport , show jumping and tennis . 
