I'm curious, what's your assessment (if you have one) of the implications of this given everything you've read/posted about Venezuela in the past? It's easy for me to read it as a capitulation of some kind on the surface, but I don't know anything about Saab's actual history and whether he has meaningful ties to the revolution. The reuters source has this:
Saab could provide U.S. authorities with information to strengthen their criminal case against Maduro, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were taken to New York in January to face criminal charges, including conspiracy to commit narcoterrorism. They deny the charges.
But like, what would this even mean substantively. Maduro is obviously not a "narcoterrorist." But is Saab an important figure in Venezuelan political power or is this chasing ghosts and that's why the Venezuelan government is willing to go along with it? I guess the crux of what I'm wondering is, is it a move that consolidates power of a new order or is it a performative survival move to keep distracting the US from worse pressures? Like what is the material result of doing this.