1947 Mundo Deportivo Venezuelan magazine with Negro League content (Yogi Berra on cover). This Venezuelan sports magazine issue from March of 1947 features a cover image of a young Yogi Berra during his early Major League rise, reflecting the strong postwar interest in American baseball throughout Latin America. Printed in standard magazine format (approximately 8½" x 11"), it includes illustrated articles and photo features covering both MLB and Caribbean baseball.
Notably, this issue also contains coverage of Negro League players and winter league stars, such as Ray Dandridge (HOF), Lloyd Davenport, and Cocaína García. The Venezuelan professional winter league that started in 1946 was the Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional, usually abbreviated LVBP. Its inaugural season was 1946–47, with four founding clubs. The league was created after the success of organized professional baseball in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Negro Leagues era of Caribbean baseball. It quickly became one of the premier winter leagues in Latin America and later featured many MLB and Negro League stars, including Luis Aparicio, Minnie Miñoso, and Satchel Paige.