Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro appointed Álex Saab as the head of the country’s international investment center on January 16, 2024. This move, reported by Bloomberg and El Universal, comes after Saab’s release from U.S. custody. He faced charges of money laundering, and in 2019, authorities accused him of bribing Venezuelan officials. Saab replaces Félix Plasencia, […]
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