Maduro ally is charged in Venezuela bribery case
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Delcy Rodríguez has maintained tight control of political conditions inside the country, while prioritising economic liberalisation.
CNN finds Venezuelans talking of a “fragile” society even as they use the limited freedoms they have months after the US deposed their president.
The extradition of Alex Saab, who is tied to a huge graft scheme, is part of a purge of powerful figures who helped the deposed president, Nicolás Maduro, stay in power.
Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro’s alleged billionarie “bag man” was extradicted to the US on Saturday, less than three years after he was pardoned by President Joe Biden. Alex Saab, 54, a Colombian-Venezuelan businessman described by US officials as a close ally to Maduro was arrested in Caracas during a joint US-Venezuelan operation in February,
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Venezuela hands Maduro's financier to US in show of loyalty to Trump
By bnl editorial staff Venezuela's interim government has deported Alex Saab, the Colombia-born businessman who served as a close financial associate of ousted president Nicolás Maduro, to the United States,
Though Nicolás Maduro is gone and investors are interested, most Venezuelans remain mired in poverty in a system in need of political change. But Venezuelans say there's reason to hope.
Yes, the Trump administration’s military action in Venezuela was in many ways unprecedented. But it was not surprising given Venezuela’s vast oil wealth and the historic relations between the US and Venezuela under former President Hugo Chavez and Maduro.