By William Camacaro, National Co-Coordinator A great deal has been written about the illegality of the arrest of Venezuelan Special Envoy Alex Saab. All of this has focussed on his entitlement to immunity and inviolability because at the time of his arrest in Cape Verde he was (and remains) a lawfully appointed diplomat of…
William Camacaro, Venezuelan-American, National Co-Coordinator It is now a year since the culmination of a 16 month-long pseudo-legal process which shredded the façade of the legal system in the micro-archipelago ten island state which makes up the Republic of Cape Verde. October 16, 2021, saw the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab forcibly removed from Cape…
The VSC AGM took place on the 8th October 2022. Submitted by the VSC Executive Committee. This AGM Notes: 1)Alex Saab was arrested in Cape Verde (12 June 2020) by orders from the United States whilst carrying out official duties as a diplomat of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. This constitutes a grave violation of international…
The arrest and kidnapping of Alex Saab on June 12th, 2020 is a violation of international law executed by Cape Verdean authorities, at the request of the United States, despite lacking an INTERPOL Red Notice, an arrest warrant violating his diplomatic immunity. Subsequently, the U.S. requested his extradition on June 29th, 2020, and on October…
Alex Saab: A Kidnapped Diplomat – Movie Trailer This coming September 16 we will premiere the movie Alex Saab, a diplomat kidnapped for evading the illegal, unilateral and coercive sanctions of the United States against the Venezuelan people. Free Alex Saab! The movement to defend Venezuela’s sovereignty. Six Keys to Understanding the Illegal Arrest of…
Cuba Granma: The hypocrisy of the Assange case If WikiLeaks had revealed the war horrors of any other country, Assange would be a hero, not a criminal. Or if any other nation were moving land and sea to secure the extradition of a journalist who revealed civilian deaths, acts of torture and clandestine military operations…
Vijay Prashad: Latin America’s Fourth Left Wave Since the Cuban Revolution is Social Democratic In the first wave, inspired by the example of the socialist Cuban Revolution, wave after revolutionary wave has flooded Latin America with hope against US imperialism and for a left-wing breakthrough.The first wave was crushed by extreme violence against the…
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Political Prisoner Alex Saab Message from Camilla Saab, wife of the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab kidnapped and imprisoned by the United States for avoiding the sanctions of the United States against the Venezuelan people Nicaragua COHA (John Perry): Nicaragua celebrates 43 years of revolution: a clash between reality and media misrepresentation July 19th is…
Alex Saab hails Venezuela on its Independence Letter to President Maduro and Venezuelan people: “only great managers demonstrate their ability when there is no liquidity, as our President Nicolas Maduro and his government have done, surviving these sanctions in an exemplary manner… This [US] big stick and its unbridled intervention in the affairs of other…
