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Alex Saab, A Kidnapped Diplomat
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Note: this episode is bilingual (Spanish and English). For full English translation, please view at: https://youtu.be/AvzCWjqiRQE
Additional note: the first few minutes of this broadcast were disrupted by anti-government trolls. The disruption has been left in the recording so as to demonstrate some of the obstacles faced while reporting a non-US narrative from Venezuela.
TODAY'S EPISODE: Alex Saab: A Kidnapped Diplomat
This is a special episode featuring the screening of the documentary film by the same name followed by a discussion/Q&A session with our guests:
Camila Fabri Saab, wife of Alex Saab and
Carlos Ron, Venezuela’s Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs for North America
BACKGROUND:
Alex Saab is virtually unknown in the United States, where he is currently languishing in a Miami prison, but he has been vital to Venezuela’s ability to survive the brutal economic war being waged by the U.S. He is a political prisoner whose case has parallels to that of Julian Assange. Both have been subjected to extraterritorial reach by U.S. authorities, as neither are U.S. citizens, and their alleged crimes took place outside of the country. Assange is in jail for telling the truth. Saab is in jail for helping feed Venezuelans
The documentary Alex Saab, A Kidnapped Diplomat, directed by Venezuelan journalist and documentary filmmaker Karen Méndez, focuses on the illegal detention of Saab, first in Cape Verde and since October 2021 in the United States.
FOLLOW OUR GUESTS:
Camila Fabri Saab: https://twitter.com/CamillaFSaab
Carlos Ron, Venezuela Vice-Minister of Foreign Relations, North America
https://twitter.com/CarlosJRonVE
TAKE ACTION:
Sign the Free Alex Saab Petition
https://www.codepink.org/freealexsaab
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