Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
published on The Orinoco Tribune, December 24, 2022 Caracas, December 24, 2022 (OrinocoTribune.com)—On Friday, December 23, US Federal Judge Robert Scola of the Southern District of Florida ruled that the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab does not have the right to diplomatic immunity, as the US government does not recognize the government of President Nicolás Maduro. “The Maduro regime has been[…]
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by Roger Harris, published on Counterpunch, October 6, 2021 I think this is a win-win for the U.S. Whether they manage to extradite him and pump him for information or not, as long as Cape Verde continues to hold him, his life is increasingly threatened by cancer. If he dies in custody, the Venezuelan government will permanently lose his services[…]
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Statement by Workers World Party, published on Workers World, October 7, 2021 The U.S. is accusing Alex Saab of a crime related violating the U.S. Unilateral Coercive Economic Measures. Even if these measures were legal, which they are not, Saab is not a U.S. citizen and not subject to U.S. Law. What he was actually doing is arranging to purchase[…]
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by Sara Flouders and Roger D. Harris, June 12, 2021 With the possible extradition of a Venezuelan diplomat to the US on bogus charges, an emergency human rights delegation organized by the International Campaign to Free Alex Saab was quickly dispatched to Cabo Verde, where he is imprisoned. This island archipelago nation off the west coast of Africa is one[…]
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by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, June 6, 2021 Sal Island, Cabo Verde Flounders took part in a delegation that traveled to Cabo Verde in solidarity with Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, who was abducted in June 2020 on orders of the U.S. and held under onerous conditions since then on two of C.V.’s ten islands. Cabo Verde is an[…]
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