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United States: End detention of Venezuelan Special Envoy, UN experts say

October 1, 2023 UNAC Editor Lawfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

published on the Alliance for Global Justice website, September 27, 2023 GENEVA (27 September 2023) – UN experts* today urged the government of the United States of America to end the prolonged pre-trial detention of Alex Nain Saab Morán, a Venezuelan Special Envoy, arrested and extradited to the US on money laundering charges. Saab was appointed as a Special Envoy[…]

Free Alex Saab: Report from NLG and IADL Meeting with Imprisoned Venezuelan Diplomat

February 16, 2023 UNAC Editor Economic Blockade, Lawfare, Political Prisoners, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

“A Nuclear Bomb would be better. At least with a Nuclear Bomb we die quickly. With the U.S. Sanctions we die every day.” – Alex Saab Members of the National Lawyers Guild (NFL) and International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) met with Venezuelan special envoy and political prisoner Alex Saab this week in the Federal Detention Center-Miami. Audrey Bomse, a[…]

High-Value US Asset “Fat Leonard” Arrested in Venezuela – Possible Prisoner Swap

October 6, 2022 UNAC Editor Lawfare, Venezuela

by Roger Harris, published on Counterpunch, October 6, 2022 The principal perpetrator, in what AP News called “one of the most extensive bribery scandals in US military history,” popped up in Venezuela of all places. Leonard Glenn Francis bilked the US Navy out of at least $35 million. The culprit goes by the moniker “Fat Leonard.” He tips the scales[…]

Summit of the Americas Flops While Workers Summit Exposes Cracks in the Imperial Façade

July 2, 2022 UNAC Editor Organizing, Peoples' Movements, US Foreign Policy

by Roger Harris, published on Popular Resistance, June 16, 2022 Valentín, the man next to us in line as we made our way across the international border, asked what we had been doing in Tijuana. We had been at the Workers Summit of the Americas, organized as an alternative to Biden’s Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles. Our summit was[…]

New Revelations of Former US Secretary of Defense Confirm Illegality of the Extradition and Arrest of Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab

June 15, 2022 UNAC Editor Diplomacy, Hybrid Warfare, Prisons and Prisoners, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

by Dan Kovalik, published on Global Research, June 10, 2022 In his new memoir, Sacred Oath, former US Defense Secretary, Mark Esper, who served under President Donald Trump at the time of the arrest of Alex Saab in Cape Verde, effectively admits that the White House was quite aware of the fact that Saab was a diplomat at the time[…]

Meeting between Venezuela and the US: What’s Behind the Scenes?

March 15, 2022 UNAC Editor US Hypocrisy, Venezuela

by Gustavo A. Maranges, published on Resumen English, March 10, 2022 On Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced to the world a meeting held over the weekend with a small negotiating team sent by the White House According to official sources from both countries, the main topics of the mini-summit were energy and prisoners. It is the first high-level exchange[…]

“It Can’t be Illegal to Help a People” – The Persecution of Alex Saab

February 26, 2022 UNAC Editor Lawfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, Venezuela

by Leonardo Flores, published on CodePink Blog, February 2022 “It’s not a crime to fulfill a diplomatic mission. It’s not a crime to evade sanctions that are harming an entire country. It can’t be illegal to help a people.” Camilla Fabri Saab made these impassioned remarks when explaining the situation behind the illegal arrest and extradition – the kidnapping, in[…]

Alex Saab’s Statement Before Being Extracted from Cape Verde by United States Regime

October 28, 2021 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Lawfare, Political Prisoners, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

Letter from Alex Saab, published on Orinoco Tribune, October 21, 2021 Editorial note: This letter was read—with tears in her eyes—by Camila Fabri, Alex Saab’s wife, during a demonstration in repudiation of the second kidnapping of the Venezuelan diplomat from Cape Verde by the US, held in Caracas’ Plaza Bolívar on Sunday, October 17, attended by a crowd of indignant[…]

U.S. Illegally Extradites Venezuelan Diplomat from Cabo Verde to the U.S.

October 20, 2021 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, Lawfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

News Release from the Free Alex Saab Committee, published on Workers World, October 18, 2021 The Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab was renditioned and kidnapped to the U.S. on October 16 without waiting for a final extradition decision. The action was taken in secret, without notifying his defense team and without relevant documentation. Saab had been imprisoned in Cabo Verde since[…]

Forbes Reveals Why the US Government Is Trying to Extradite Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab

October 8, 2021 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Lawfare, Resistance, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Venezuela

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[…]