Tag: Alex Saab

Counterpunch: The Rule of Law Must Finally Evolve Into the Rule of Justice

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)
Photo credit: James Burke

BY ALFRED DE ZAYAS JANUARY 14, 2022

Many politicians, academics, media pundits are wont of invoking the “rule of law”, a “rules-based international order”, “values diplomacy” etc. But what do all these benevolent-sounding slogans actually mean in practice? Who makes the rules, who interprets them, who enforces them? What transparency and accountability accompany these noble pledges?

Counterpunch: The Rule of Law Must Finally Evolve Into the Rule of Justice

The US Plan to Imprison Businesspeople in other Countries for “Violating” Illegal US Sanctions: The Cases of Alex Saab, Meng Wanzhou, Mun Chol Myong

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The US uses economic sanctions as a weapon against states which choose a development path independent of US global domination. Sanctions can take the form of blocking a nation’s financial and trade transactions, not allowing financial institutions to process them. The US can also freeze the assets of another country.

The US Plan to Imprison Businesspeople in other Countries for “Violating” Illegal US Sanctions: The Cases of Alex Saab, Meng Wanzhou, Mun Chol Myong

VENEZUELAN BUSINESSMAN ARRESTED AND TORTURED AT US DIRECTION

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

VENEZUELAN BUSINESSMAN ARRESTED AND TORTURED AT US DIRECTION

Note: Alex Saab is a businessman who was arrested by Interpol at the direction of the United States. Saab is accused of violating the illegal US sanctions against Venezuela for his work to keep the Venezuean CLAP program functioning. The Venezuelan CLAP program delivers food and other kitchen necessities at very low prices to more than 6 million Venezuelan households, more than 20 million people, every month. KZ