WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean:  Film Screening + Discussion:  Alex Saab, A Kid…
Channel: CODEPINK
Date: 20/10/2022

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. 

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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


In partnership with Common Frontiers, Council on Hemispheric Affairs, Friends of Latin America, The InterReligious Task Force on Central America, Massachusetts Peace Action and Task Force on the Americas, WTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean broadcasts weekly on CODEPINK YouTube Live.  You can also find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Telegram and RadIndieMedia.com