Cape Verde
US releases detained Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab

After over three years imprisoned in Cape Verde and Miami, Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab was released in a prisoner exchange with the US

‘Residential Revolt’ for affordable, safe housing in the Netherlands and other stories

Today we look at protests in the Netherlands to demand affordable social housing, renewed protests against right-wing President Nayib Bukele in El Salvador, and more

Venezuela condemns illegal kidnapping of envoy Alex Saab

Following Saab’s extradition, Venezuela announced that it was suspending its participation in the dialogue process with the opposition in Mexico

Extradition of Alex Saab: US takes effort to starve Venezuelans to new lows

Venezuelan official Alex Saab was arrested over a year ago in Cape Verde and in March 2021 the country’s Supreme Court approved his extradition to the United States

Assassination of Amílcar Cabral, one of Africa’s foremost anti-colonial leaders

He was a prolific Marxian theorist who not only led the war of independence that toppled Portuguese rule in Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde but influenced the fight for decolonization across the continent.