venezuelanalysis.com (2023-12-20). Venezuela Secures Release of Gov't Envoy Alex SaabThe Venezuelan government and Saab's defense lawyers have maintained that he was acting as a special envoy and therefore was subject to diplomatic immunity. Caracas viewed the detention of Saab as a violation of international law, tantamount to a "kidnapping" and his persecution as a politically motivated trial. Saab maintained his innocence and pleaded not guilty to charges of money laundering.

Comment. Alex Saab's release is a good thing. Unfortunately, articles on this topic in the English-language boot-licking MSM are completely written from a neo-liberal propaganda slant. Searching DuckDuckGo.com has slightly better options than the establishment's search engine tool (Google News). As alternative media options come in, we'll post more of them here.