Venezuela suspends talks with opposition after Maduro envoy extradited to US to face charges - Fox News

Venezuela said Saturday it would suspend negotiations with the opposition party after a member of its team was extradited to the U.S.

The Socialist government named Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman, as a member of the negotiating team in talks with the opposition in neutral Mexico.

Venezuela has continued to petition for Saab’s freedom and called the decision to suspend negotiations "an expression of our deepest protest against the brutal aggression against the person and the investiture of our delegate Alex Saab Moran." .

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro holds up a copy of his country's case taken to the International Criminal Court regarding U.S.

FILE PHOTO: A woman walks by a mural in support of the liberation of businessman Alex Saab, who was detained in Cape Verde on charges of laundering money for the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela September 9, 2021

Maduro last entertained talks with the opposition party in 2019 – a two month stretch that was the fourth attempt since 2014 for a meeting of the minds in the country, according to The Hill. 

and more than 50 other countries as Venezuela's legitimate leader, Maduro still holds court in Caracas, and he ultimately shuttered Guaidó's access to cash

He also allegedly orchestrated a corruption network that allowed him and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to profit from a state-run food subsidy program.