The following article was published April 11 in Dissident Voice. Roger D. Harris is with Task Force on the Americas. April 11 – Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab’s case took a dramatic turn as his legal defense team denounced the U.S. government’s flagrant failure to respect long-standing diplomatic

In half a year from now, Saab is scheduled to go on trial in the 8th District Court on the single conspiracy charge. His appearance this April 6 at the 11th Circuit Court was on appeal on the grounds that, like any other diplomat, he is protected by the Vienna Convention, which affords him absolute immunity from prosecution.