Alex Saab, A Kidnapped Diplomat

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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