Tag: Tarek William Saab

• Wednesday, October 13th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Venezuelan political prisoner and former Chávez aide dies of COVID-19

  

  Venezuelan General Raúl Baduel, a former ally of President Hugo Chávez who later became one of the country's most notorious political prisoners, has died Tuesday of COVID-19 at the age of 66 and while still incarcerated.

• Friday, April 9th 2021 - 10:05 UTC

  Venezuela investigates mayor for marking homes of Covid-19 infected people

  

  The mayor of a municipality in the western Venezuelan state of Yaracuy this week forced people to mark the homes of Covid-19 patients in his community with signs to prevent visits and prevent contagion.

• Tuesday, May 7th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Five dead and 233 arrests, the official result of Venezuela's failed uprising

  

  Five people died and 233 were arrested in protests sparked by a failed military uprising against Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro last week, Attorney General Tarek William Saab said on Monday. “All those cases are being investigated,” Mr Saab said in a television interview.

• Wednesday, January 30th 2019 - 10:03 UTC

  Venezuelan Supreme Court bans Guaidó from leaving the country and freezes his bank accounts

  

  Venezuela's Supreme Court has banned opposition leader Juan Guaidó from leaving the country and frozen his bank accounts. The move comes amid an escalating power struggle, after Mr Guaidó declared himself interim president last week.

• Saturday, October 13th 2018 - 11:06 UTC

  Student leader banished from Venezuela; pressures rise by case Alban

  

  Activist Lorent Gomez Saleh has been freed and secretly transferred by Venezuelan authorities to the international airport of Maiquetía, one hour from Caracas, to be “referred” to Spain.

• Friday, October 12th 2018 - 08:47 UTC

  International condemnation of Venezuelan government over suspicious death of elected councilor

  

  Questions and condemnation of Venezuela's leadership poured in this week following the suspicious death of an opposition councilman and activist who authorities say evaded justice by throwing himself from the 10th floor of political police headquarters' building.

• Tuesday, October 9th 2018 - 08:31 UTC

  Protests in Venezuela over the killing of a jailed opposition lawmaker

  

  Protesters in Venezuela have accused the government of murdering a jailed opposition lawmaker, who the authorities say killed himself. Crowds were calling for justice at a rally outside the Sebin intelligence agency headquarters in Caracas where Fernando Albán had been held.

• Wednesday, August 15th 2018 - 07:23 UTC

  Venezuela arrests two high-ranking military officers in relation to an attack on president Maduro

  

  The investigation into an assassination attempt on Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro using drones has widened to include the arrest of two high-ranking military officers, the nation's top prosecutor said on Tuesday.

• Monday, August 6th 2018 - 20:57 UTC

  Venezuelan Prosecutor assures that the perpetrators of the “assassination attempt” against Nicolás Maduro were identified

  

  Last Saturday, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, described as “attempted assassination” the events that interrupted an official ceremony in Caracas in commemoration of the anniversary of the armed forces.

• Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 09:12 UTC

  Maduro and cronies “grey listed” as suspects of money laundering and terrorism financing

  

  Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro along with more than 50 Venezuelan nationals are considered “high risk” for laundering money and financing terrorism, according to an advisory issued by Panama's economy and finance ministry.