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VENEZUELAN businessman Alex Saab is being held in detention in Cape Verde, victim of political persecution and facing extradition to the US for having brokered commercial deals that, in the face of the brutal US blockade against Venezuela, would bring food, medicines, fuel and other desperately needed items to the South American nation. Saab, a special envoy and ambassador to the African Union for Venezuela, was on a humanitarian mission flying from Caracas to Iran to procure food and petrol for Venezuela’s CLAP food assistance programme. He was detained on a refuelling stop in Cape Verde and has been held in custody ever since June 12 2020. ....
Puebla Group to accompany as observer Ecuador s runoff elections Puebla Group to accompany as observer Ecuador s runoff elections Quito, Apr 9 (Prensa Latina) The Puebla Group confirmed on Friday the presence of an observer mission of the group in Ecuador, to accompany the second round of presidential elections scheduled for Sunday, April 11. The team is headed by Spanish jurist Baltasar Garzon and also includes Colombian congressperson Maria Jose Pizarro and member of the Spanish Congress of Deputies Gerardo Pisarello. According to advances of the space formed by Ibero-American leaders, the mission will develop an intense agenda of meetings with members of the National Electoral Council and the Contentious Electoral Tribunal, as well as with different social and political organizations of the country. ....
Former Panamanian president accused of corruption in Spain Former Panamanian president accused of corruption in Spain Panama City, Apr 7 (Prensa Latina) Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014) has been accused of alleged money laundering and bribery from a construction company in Spain during his term, local media reported in this capital on Wednesday. The Baltasar Garzon International Foundation (FIBGAR) won the appeal at a Madrid court to continue the judicial process against the Spanish construction company Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas, S.A. (FCC) for crimes in works done in Panama, La Prensa and La Estrella de Panama newspapers, among others, reported today. ....
Maduro sent letter to Iran’s leader accrediting U.S. fugitive By Associated Press Share: MIAMI A Colombian businessman was carrying a letter from Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accrediting him to Iran’s supreme leader when he was arrested on a U.S. warrant last year, according to a new court filing in a politically charged corruption case ratcheting up tensions with the South American nation. Attorneys for Alex Saab made the filing in Miami federal court Thursday just hours after prosecutors in the African nation of Cape Verde said they granted the 49-year-old Colombian house arrest as he fights extradition to the U.S. to face money laundering charges. ....
By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read FILE PHOTO: Baltasar Garzon, lawyer of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, looks on before a political rally to speak about his Actua party in Madrid, Spain, April 11, 2019. REUTERS/Juan Medina (Reuters) - Former Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon’s law firm said on Tuesday it will represent a detained Venezuelan businessman close to President Nicolas Maduro whom the United States is seeking to extradite from Cape Verde on corruption charges. Alex Saab was arrested in June when a plane he was traveling on landed in the West African island nation. The United States last year charged him with money laundering and sanctioned him for allegedly orchestrating a corruption network that allowed him and Maduro to profit from a state-run food subsidy program. ....