To illustrate how seemingly random events can be connected, there is a saying that the flap of a butterfly’s wings in the Amazon rainforest can cause a hurricane off the coast of Florida. This might go some way to understanding how the case of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, detained for over 440 days on the […]
Tag: Latin America and Africa
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 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 […]
Open letter to all WHO Member States The single most important priority of the global community is to stop the COVID-19 pandemic in its tracks, to halt its rapid transmission and reverse the trend of consequential global distress. We know that this goal is only achievable when everyone, everywhere can access the health technologies they […]
The Ambassador of the Republic of Argentina to Nigeria, His Excellency Alejandro Herrero has advocated the strengthening of footballing ties between his country and Nigeria. Speaking yesterday during a courtesy call on the President of the Nigeria Football Federation and FIFA Council Member, Amaju Pinnick, Herrero observed that there are compelling commonalities between the two […]
Illegality and Injustice: 308 Days of Contempt QUOTES FROM SPEAKERS: Mr Femi Falana: Cape Verde cannot derive economic benefits from the Ecowas and turn round to refuse to comply with the judgment of the Ecowas Court. We have set the engine in motion for imposition of sanctions on Cape Verde until the political authorities are […]
Abuja — Eight days after the African Bar Association’s (AfBA) warning to Cape Verde Island over the detention of a Venezuelan diplomat, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) court has ruled that the arrest and detention was illegal. On Monday, the Ecowas court in Abuja said diplomat Alex Saab should be released and […]
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro recently conferred Zimbabwe’s Minister of Defence and War Veterans Affairs Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri with the Francisco de Miranda award, the country’s highest civilian honour. The Order of Francisco de Miranda is conferred on Venezuelan citizens and foreigners with outstanding contribution to the sciences, to the progress of the country and to humanity. […]
The South African government will nominate the Cuban Medical Brigade for the Nobel Peace Prize following its assistance in the fight against the spread of COVID-19. The development was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address to the nation on Monday night. “In recognition of this effort, the South African Cabinet has approved a proposal to […]
Harare — Experts have called for a Congo Basin Climate Science Initiative to deploy the scientific underpinning of a forest protection plan. Attending a webinar ahead of the One Forest Summit, they outlined the importance of Congo Basin forests. French President Emmanuel Macron and Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba will co-host the One Forest Summit […]