Cape Verde: Statement From the Wife of Venezuela's Special Envoy, Alex Saab

To The Good People of Cabo Verde Read more »

Cape Verde: Alex Saab's Defence Team Submits Application for Nullity of the Cape Verde Constitutional Court's Decision of 7 September 2021

Filing Seeks to Reverse Extradition Approval Read more »

Cape Verde: Alex Saab Defense Team Is Urging For Medical Care

“The National Police on the Island of Sal is openly defying a judicial order, despite the deteriorating condition of Mr Saab” – Dr Jose Manuel Pinto Monteiro Read more »

Cape Verde: Statement From Alex Saab Defense Team

“The National Police on the Island of Sal is openly defying a judicial order” – Dr Jose Manuel Pinto Monteiro Read more »

Cape Verde: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Alex Saab, Cape Verde and Washington

Reports indicate talks between Venezuela's government and opposition, held in Mexico City, are moving in the right direction. The two sides’ "positions moved closer in the… Read more »

Cape Verde: African Bar Demands An End To The Violation Of Court Orders And Respect For The Rule Of Law In Africa, In The Case Of Venezuelan Diplomat, Amb. Alex Saab.

1) Whereas the Human Rights Council of the African Bar Association met in Abuja Nigeria from September 12th-14th, 2021. Read more »

Cape Verde: Alex Saab Defence Denounces "Ill-informed and Ignorant" Speculation Regarding the Legal Process in Cape Verde

“The legal process is far from being over” – Dr Jose Manuel Pinto Monteiro Read more »

Cape Verde: Cape Verde Poll Shows Alex Saab Extradition Case will Harm Government in October Elections

The protracted legal battle in Cape Verde’s courts over the controversial extradition of diplomat Alex Saab to the US has made most Cape Verdeans question the credibility of… Read more »

Cape Verde: Venezuelan Government Appoint Diplomat Alex Saab for the Negotiations Held in Mexico City on September 24 and 27, 2021

In view of the third round of negotiations to be held in Mexico City on September 24 and 27, 2021, Alex Saab has been appointed by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to be part… Read more »

Cape Verde: Alex Saab Defence Team Confident of Achieving his Release

The Legal Process is Far From Over in Cape Verde” – Femi Falana Read more »

Cape Verde: The Constitutional Suicide Of Cape Verde

There are moments in the history of every nation when, claiming their freedom, the men and women who make up the heart of that nation unite in order to find a state, protect their… Read more »

Cape Verde: Constitutional Court 7-Day Delay In Decision Continues To Detain Venezuelan Diplomat.

Barlavento Court, concerned about Alex Saab declining health, initiates immediate transfer to capital city, Praia. Read more »

Nigeria: Naturgy Settles Arbitration with NLNG, Alleges Discriminatory and Antitrust Practices Against IOC Shareholders

It's been reported by Blueprint newspaper of Nigeria, that there is uneasy calm at the headquarters of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), the state-controlled liquefied… Read more »

Cape Verde: Venezuela Negotiations Progressing - Cape Verde Risks Destabilising Discussions At An Important Juncture

To illustrate how seemingly random events can be connected, there is a saying that the flap of a butterfly’s wings in the Amazon rainforest can cause a hurricane off the… Read more »

Cape Verde: The Media Myth of 'Once Prosperous' and Democratic Venezuela Before Chávez

The following piece is adapted from the authors' new book, Extraordinary Threat: The US Empire, the Media and 20 Years of Coup Attempts in Venezuela, published by Monthly Review… Read more »

Cape Verde: The Case Of The Arbitrary Detention Of Alex Saab Emblematic Of The Negation Of The Rule Of Law: Constitutional Hope 

In a few moments the Constitutional Court will render its decision on the basis of the appeal lodged by the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab invoking no less than 12 unconstitutional… Read more »

Cape Verde: Alex Saab Seeks Justice before Disciplinary Bodies in Cabo Verde against Several Justices of the Barlavento Court of Appeal and the Prosecutor General

Today, 19 August, the Defense Team of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab has lodged two complaints, for the commencement of disciplinary proceedings, to the Superior Council of the… Read more »

Cape Verde: Alex Saab will Make Statements about his Allegations

On 9 August 2021, Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab’s Cabo Verde defense team submitted a criminal complaint against Luís José Tavares Landim, Prosecutor General of… Read more »

Cape Verde: Alex Saab Defence Team Denounces Illegal Listening Operation

“The Supreme Court of Cape Verde has declared that Alex Saab is free. It has now said on several occasions that because he is under house arrest then he is not ‘in… Read more »

Cape Verde: Alex Saab Files Criminal Complaint Against José Landim, Natalino Correia And Judiciary Police Inspectors

The defence team of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab who has been imprisoned for over a year in Sal awaiting the outcome of an extradition process to the United States, has filed… Read more »

Cape Verde: Alex Saab's Defense Wins Procedural Victory In Us Court

Defense Confident That This Could Lead to Recognition of Diplomatic Immunity by US Courts Read more »

Cape Verde: Justices Joao Pinto Semedo, President, Aristides R. Lima, and Jose Pina Delgado of the Cape Verdean Constitutional Court are urged to follow the rule of law and release Alex Saab.

Today at an international press conference, addressing the Alex Saab case, it was confirmed that Cape Verde is violating an impressive array of international norms such… Read more »

Cape Verde: Statement Of The Defense Team Of H.E. Alex Saab

We understand that the Cabo Verde Public Prosecutor’s Office in their submission to the Constitutional Court dated 28 June, 2021 at p. 26. has asserted that diplomatic… Read more »

West Africa: Detention Of A Wrong Person Nullifies Detention

In its judgment of March 15, 2021 the Ecowas Court of Justice detailed the extensive violations of Cape Verdean law (along with international law) that occurred in the arrest and… Read more »

Cape Verde: Defense Team Of Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab Questions Cape Verde'S Decision On United Nation Human Rights Committee'S Decision

In its decision of June 29, 2021 delivered via email to the defense on 20 July, 2021 the Constitutional Court of Cape Verde considered that “there is no international… Read more »