Updated on 10/18/2021 07:20 pm The Venezuelan opposition accused the Chavista regime headed by the illegitimate president Nicolas Maduro, to dismantle state companies to later sell them as scrap metal. The complaint was made by former deputy Omar González who, according to a statement from the opposition, denounced that a “junk mafia promoted by the […]
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US judge sets court date for alleged Chavismo front man accused of money laundering
Updated on 10/18/2021 06:55 pm A judge of USA set Monday, November 1, as the date for the appearance of Alex Saab, a businessman accused of laundering money on behalf of the illegitimate government of Nicolás Maduro, in a case that pits the United States against the Chavista regime. US prosecutors indicted Saab in 2019 […]
Venezuelan envoy Alex Saab to be prosecuted in US court on money laundering charges
Updated 10/18/2021 12:34 pm Alex Saab, a businessman accused of laundering money on behalf of the Venezuelan government, will be arraigned Monday in a Florida federal court in a case that pits the United States against the illegitimate government of President Nicolás Maduro. US prosecutors charged Saab in 2019 in relation to a bribery scheme […]
Alex Saab, diplomat or figurehead of Chavismo?
From social housing contractor in Venezuela, the Colombian Alex Saab went on to manage a gigantic network of imports for the illegitimate government of Nicolás Maduro, who gave him nationality, an ambassadorial title, and fought unsuccessfully to avoid extradition to USA. Cape Verde, where Saab was detained since June 2020, handed him over to the […]
Venezuelan exile says Saab extradition reveals what Maduro wanted from dialogue with opposition
The reaction of the Venezuelan tyranny to the extradition of the businessman Alex Saab a USA, considered the front man of the illegitimate president Nicolas Maduro, shows what the true intention of the Venezuelan dialogue was, said José Colina, president of Venezuelans Persecuted Politicians in Exile (Veppex), who was sure that the extradited person will […]
Chavista Regime Returns Former Citgo Executives to Prison in Retaliation for Extradition of Maduro’s Frontman to the United States
The six former directors of the Venezuelan company Citgo -a subsidiary of the state oil company PDVSA on USA– who had been convicted of corruption last year, and placed under house arrest, were returned to prison this Saturday in retaliation for the extradition to the United States of Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman considered a […]
Chavista regime suspends negotiations with the opposition, after extradition to the US of Maduro’s front man
The Chavista regime of Venezuela suspended on Saturday its participation in the negotiations with the opposition that would resume this weekend, after Cape Verde extradited Alex Saab, a man considered a front man of the illegitimate president Nicolas Maduro, a USA for money laundering charges. Saab, a Colombian businessman and Maduro’s “special envoy,” was detained […]
Colombian businessman extradited to the US, identified as a figurehead of Maduro
Alex Saab, a businessman considered a front man of the illegitimate president of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro and accused of money laundering, he was extradited by Cape Verde to the United States on Saturday, which unleashed the ire of Caracas. “We were informed that Alex Saab was put on a plane of the United States Department […]
The Venezuelan opposition, between uncertainty and the possibility of renewal
Although the projections for the regional and local elections of November 21 in Venezuela are unfavorable for the opposition, the electoral event may mean, according to analysts, a door to renew leaderships, validate some current ones or finish weakening them. But experts maintain that, at the same time, the divisions in the opposition bloc are […]
Spanish justice agrees to hand over to the United States a former Venezuelan chavez national treasurer
The Spanish National Court approved the extradition of the former national of Venezuela Claudia Patricia Díaz Guillén to USA, which claims her for money laundering and criminal organization for favoring businessman Raúl Gorrín in a plot to exchange foreign currency. In a car known this Friday, the magistrates consider that the requirements for extradition are […]