The following piece is adapted from the authors’ new book, Extraordinary Threat: The US Empire, the Media and 20 Years of Coup Attempts in Venezuela, published by Monthly Review Press. In his State of the Union address on February 6, 2019, Donald Trump said: We stand with the Venezuelan people in their noble quest for […]
Tag: Cape Verde
Cape Verde’s Constitutional Court has approved seven candidates for the October 17 presidential election, it said in a statement. Mr Péricles Tavares was the only candidate rejected due to some irregularities, the court added. This is the first time that Cape Verde has seven official candidates for the country’s top job since independence from Portugal […]
In a few moments the Constitutional Court will render its decision on the basis of the appeal lodged by the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab invoking no less than 12 unconstitutional irregularities in the processing of the extradition case that concerns him. This is a serious and solemn moment, with multiple and complex diplomatic, political, international […]
Today, 19 August, the Defense Team of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab has lodged two complaints, for the commencement of disciplinary proceedings, to the Superior Council of the Magistracy against, three judges of the Barlavento Court of Appeal, and to the Superior Council of the Public Prosecution Office against Luís José Tavares Landim, Prosecutor General of […]
Indomitable Lions legend François Omam Biyik spoke on Tuesday evening after the draw for the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021. The Cameroon assistant coach is pleased with the draw. Avoiding the “top teams” from the group stage is the scenario that many supporters were hoping for for their country, Cameroon. And it is […]
Praia — RUSSIA has denounced the double standards by the United States, which is behind illegal plans to extradite from Cape Verde a special envoy of Venezuela. Alex Saab, the envoy, has been detained in Cape Verde since June 2020 after authorities in the island country followed improper legal process to satisfy a US extradition […]
“The Supreme Court of Cape Verde has declared that Alex Saab is free. It has now said on several occasions that because he is under house arrest then he is not ‘in prison,” said Dr Jose Manuel Pinto Monteiro in Praia today Dr Monteiro went on to say. “My colleagues, along with many rational-thinking Cape Verdeans, […]
The defence team of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab who has been imprisoned for over a year in Sal awaiting the outcome of an extradition process to the United States, has filed formal complaints against the Republic’s Attorney General, José Landim, at the Cape Verdean Public Prosecutor’s Office, Regional Prosecutor, Natalino Correia and Judiciary Police inspectors […]
In its judgment of March 15, 2021 the Ecowas Court of Justice detailed the extensive violations of Cape Verdean law (along with international law) that occurred in the arrest and detention of Alex Saab. Consequently, the Court issued a binding unanimous decision in which it declared that Alex Saab’s detention and subsequent imprisonment were illegal […]
In its decision of June 29, 2021 delivered via email to the defense on 20 July, 2021 the Constitutional Court of Cape Verde considered that “there is no international normative basis that would impose on the State of Cape Verde a duty to comply with a request for provisional measures made by the Human Rights […]
Today, legal team, Baker Hostetler representing Mr. Alex Saab Moran filed his Opening Brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, challenging a decision by U.S. District Judge in Miami refusing to consider Mr. Saab’s status as a diplomat immune from U.S. proceedings unless and until he personally appears in the […]
In its judgment delivered on 15 March 2021, the ECOWAS Court of Justice declared illegal the arrest and detention of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Nain Saab Moran, ordered his release from further custody, quashed the extradition proceedings against him to the United States and awarded him $200,000 reparation for the violations of his human rights by […]
in Agadir, Morocco Kenya women’s beach volleyball teams dug deep to win against Cape Verde 2-0 (21-13,21-17) in the golden match Tuesday as the FIVB Continental Cup cum Olympic qualifiers served off. The pair of Gaudencia Makokha and Brackcides Agala, which forms Kenya Team One, won against Cape Verde Team Two pair of sisters Ludmila […]
In a decision on interim measures dated today, the United Nations Human Rights Committee calls on Cape Verde to ‘refrain from extraditing Mr. Alex Saab to the United States of America” and to “take all necessary measures to ensure access to appropriate health care […] by independent and specialized physicians of his choice”. This decision […]
In clear evidence that the international community is waking up to the illegal arrest and detention of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Nain Saab Moran, the Boston School Bus Drivers Union yesterday called for his immediate release. In its statement the union also condemned the United States for its politically motivated pursuit of both Alex Saab and […]
Many Nigerians narrate their experience travelling to Cape Verde, a West African country that appears to discriminate against Africans. It was meant to be a week of reunion to catch lost times between two lovebirds, but it turned out sour. Oke Osharode and his wife had lived separately for a while, but in May 2012, […]
Cape Verde’s prime minister has declared victory after results showed his party on course to win legislative elections dominated by the Covid pandemic and its impact on the island’s tourism-dependent economy. “It’s a great victory, the victory of Cape-Verde,” Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva said as jubilant supporters gathered in front of his party’s […]
Voters go to the polls in Cape Verde on Sunday following electoral campaigns focused on the Covid-19 crisis and its effect on tourism in the Atlantic Ocean island country. Some 392,000 people are registered to vote and ballot boxes were expected to be open at 08:00 local time, with voting continuing until 19:00. Tourism is […]