Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro has selected criminal suspects recently released by the Biden administration for senior cabinet positions in his administration, Bloomberg reports.
Alex Saab was previously arrested on bribery and corruption charges and extradited to the United States in 2021. Fee, but was released in December 2023 as part of a prisoner exchange agreement between the Biden administration and Venezuela. President Maduro has now chosen Saab to head his administration's international investment center. according to To Bloomberg. (Related: Venezuelans support referendum on socialist dictator asserting sovereignty over neighboring region)
Businessman Saab was initially arrested by local authorities in Cape Verde in 2020 and extradited to the United States in 2021, where he was charged with money laundering for embezzling approximately $350 million from Venezuela. Announced by the Ministry of Justice. .
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The Biden administration transferred Saab to Venezuela in exchange for 10 American prisoners of war and 20 Venezuelan prisoners. according to In the Guardian newspaper. The exchange came alongside a larger agreement for the Biden administration to grant relief to Venezuelan oil sanctions if Maduro agrees to hold free and fair elections, but Maduro, a major political rival, announced in October has so far failed to materialize after withholding his winning results in the primary election.
“For now, Mr. Maduro appears to be keeping his promise of free elections. But it's not over yet. There's a long way to go,” President Joe Biden said in December.
Venezuela fell into poverty under the Maduro regime, and about a quarter of the population fled to other countries.The Biden administration isn't doing that. reimposed Oil sanctions against Venezuela despite President Maduro's clear violation of the agreement.
The White House did not respond to requests for comment.
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