Alex Saab

Venezuela & ALBA News 2.11.2022: Armed Conflict Increases on Venezuela-Colombia Border

Venezuela Mision Verdad: Actions against Colombian paramilitaries in Venezuela increase Bolivarian National Armed Forces deployed troops in the border of the Arauca River after the clashes that Colombian armed groups have been holding since the end of 2021. They are the 10th Front of the so-called dissidences of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)…

Urgent Action Alert: #FreeAlexSaab Feb. 16th

On June 12, 2020, the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab was seized by order of U.S. officials, during a refueling stop on a flight from Venezuela to Iran. He was imprisoned on Cabo Verde, a small island nation off the western coast of Africa, for trying to buy humanitarian supplies in legal international trade but in…

Venezuela & ALBA News 2.4.2021: Cuba has endured the US Blockade for 60 years; webinar video with Camila Saab and Oscar Lopez Rivera; today Hugo Chavez made history

Imagine a country developing and producing its own Covid-19 vaccines, enough to cover its entire population, but being unable to inoculate everyone because of a syringe shortage…. Because of the 60-year US embargo, which punishes civilians during a pandemic, Cuba is facing a shortage of millions of syringes. This reality is a consequence of what…

Venezuela & ALBA News 1.28.2022: February 3 with Camila Saab; Report by Maria Paez Victor on Venezuela’s Political and Economic Advances; upcoming delegations

US Political Prisoner Alex Saab February 3: Webinar with Camila Saab, wife of Venezuela diplomat and US political prisoner Alex Saab Alex Saab is a Venezuelan diplomat the US government has illegally seized and imprisoned for what the US considers “violation” of the illegal US economic warfare on Venezuela. He was in fact assisting Venezuela…

Venezuela & ALBA News 1.14.2022: President Maduro full 2022 interview with Ignacio Ramonet; Honoring Alicia Jrapko

Venezuela President Maduro full 2022 interview with Ignacio Ramonet TeleSur: Venezuela Denounces Sabotage Against Oil Facilities The explosion occurred in the Eastern Pipeline, from which all fuel is distributed to the Eastern states of the country.”This criminal action is part of the permanent war directed by US-protected far right groups seeking to boycott the important…

Venezuela & ALBA News 12.31.2021: Nicaragua and Venezuela pay tribute to Chuck Kaufman

Stansfield Smith: Chuck Kaufman, A Great Man has left us Nicaragua Vice President Rosario Murillo – Remembering Chuck Kaufman Orinoco Tribune: Venezuela Mourns Death of US Activist Chuck Kaufman Chuck Kaufman: Nicaragua Three Decades Ago, Picking Coffee Changed my Life (2017) Chuck Kaufman Speaking at a press conference against the war in Iraq At minute…

Venezuela & ALBA News 12.10.2021 Venezuela Recovers Oil Production; Guaido UN support drops to 15 countries

Popular Resistance: Biden’s “Summit for Democracy” The Apex of Hypocrisy Biden’s December 9-10 “Summit for Democracy” has already stirred up a storm. The White House says the summit will have “three principal themes: defending against authoritarianism, fighting corruption, and promoting respect for human rights” – clearly targeting Washington’s chosen “autocratic states,” China, Russia, Iran, Venezuela,…

Venezuela & ALBA News 12.3.2021: Inspiring Honduras Victory; US Defeated in Venezuela Election; Huge anti-Coup Mobilization in Bolivia

Orinoco Tribune: ALBA-TCP “12 Years After the Coup, These Elections are an Example of Courage and Resistance” “We congratulate the resounding victory of the Honduran people, who have restored hope through these elections 12 years after the coup,” Llorenti wrote. “The first female President of Honduras, @XiomaraCastroZ, is an example of resistance and courage. Long…

Alex Saab’s lawyers describe US extradition as twenty-first century colonialism

Lagos, 24 November 2021 ALEX SAAB’S WIN IN AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS CASE WILL BE A CAUSE OF SERIOUS CONCERN FOR UNITED STATES THE OUTCOME CONFIRMS UNITED STATES DOES NOT WANT INDEPENDENT AFRICAN INSTITUTIONS Femi Falana Statement 24.11.2021 Femi Falana Statement 24.11.2021 POR (español) On 11 August, 2021, my colleague Dr Jose Manuel Pinto Monteiro and…

Venezuela & ALBA News 11.5.2021: The National Security State – Social Media War on Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela; Alex Saab News

Venezuela Jacobin: Documents Show How the US Government Used Social Media to Intervene in Venezuela [Being a pro-Democratic Party publication, Jacobin repeats already disproven propaganda about Russian election interference, and criticizes Maduro “authoritarianism,” yet the article is another example showing how the national security state works with social media corporations for US coup operations.] The…