Recently, the Venezuelan government announced that it would suspend its dialogue with the opposition in Mexico to demonstrate its protest against the “crude violation” of a Venezuelan representative by the United States.
A few hours before the Venezuelan government announced the above decision, its appointed representative, Alex Sabo, was sent on a plane sent by the U.S. Department of Justice in the African country of Cape Verde and extradited to the U.S. for trial.
Saab has dual citizenship of Colombia and Venezuela. In July 2019, he was indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice for money laundering and other crimes.
The Venezuelan government claimed that Saab was entrusted by the Venezuelan government to travel to Iran as a diplomat to perform humanitarian missions.
The Venezuelan government strongly opposes the US prosecution of Saab, denounced it as a conspiracy intended to promote regime change in Venezuela.
Former US President Trump imposed sanctions on pro-Maduro individuals and businesses.
The current U.S. President Bibi did not lift the sanctions after he took office, and continued to support Venezuelan opposition leader Guaido.
The Venezuelan government has repeatedly condemned the US sanctions for severely harming Venezuelan domestic economy.
(Making Yueziyan)
Editor in charge: [Zhang Kaixin]