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Police raid Embassy of Venezuala for second time, arrest remaining Embassy Defenders

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/16/2019 - 23:10

Shortly before 10AM on the 16th of May, police raided the Embassy of Venezuala a second time. On territory where no US law enforcement has any jurisdiction unless invited by the government of the day(that's Maduro's government), they arrested the four remaining Embassy Defenders.

HD Video: Protesters at Venezualan Embassy shout down False Ambassador Carlos Vecchio after police raid 2 min 13 sec

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29th st (backside of embassy area) about an hour after cops smashed their way in with a battering ram. Unknown who the ambulance was for

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Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/16/2019 - 19:22

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Jesse Jackson gets four bags of food into Vezezualan Embassy after earlier delivery pushed through opponents

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 05/15/2019 - 15:29

On the 15th of May, Rev Jesse Jackson made a visit to the still surviving and still beseiged Embassy of Venezuala. Due to his status as a celebrity, he was reportedly able to walk four bags of food right up to the building and they were hoisted up to the windows with ropes. What appears to be another delivery of one bag was aggressively resisted by coup supporters but got through.

Video clip of aggressive but failed interference in earlier food delivery by camilateleSUR of Telesur (37 sec)

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Defenders of Venezualan Embassy DEFEAT police raid w help from attorneys

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 05/13/2019 - 19:29

At about 7PM on the 13th of May, police commenced a raid on the Embassy of Venezuala. The next few hours were very tough going as police sought to enter an embassy, which is far better protected than a normal office building, At around 9:40PM, police abandoned their failed raid as attorneys got control of the situation. The efforts of embassy protectors to deny the police "facts on the ground" bought time for attorneys and legalities to stop the raid.

Update May 15: Ongoing support rallies 6-8PM nightly

DC Media Group video of police entering only to be effectively escorted out by a Partnership for Civil Justice attorney 30 seconds

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Some of the victorious defenders of the Embassy

Cops cut food haul rope at Venezualan Embassy to assist coup supporter's blockade

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 05/13/2019 - 18:34

On the morning of May 13, supporters of the beseiged Embassy of Venezuala tried to again deliver food to the Embassy Protection Collective. This time around, police overtly supported the siege by grabbing and cutting the haul rope that was to be used to haul food to a window too high for coup supporters to enter by. Cops and the far-right always work hand in hand, blue uniforms by day and blue armbands by night(or in this case broad daylight.

1 min clip from Ford Fischer's video of cops cutting rope to block food delivery

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Still from Ford Fischer's video of the cops cutting the rope to keep food out of the Embassy of Venezuala

Police assault activist at Venezualan Embassy rally after power and water cutoffs

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 05/11/2019 - 19:51

On the 11th of May, activists held a rally at the Embassy of Venezuala to respond to the now-confirmed water cutoff as well as the power cutoff. Things again got nasty as police threw down an activist for trying to deliver food to the beseiged embassy. This is at least the second time police have met food with violence at this embassy

Compilation video of the day's events including the police assault (2 min 53 sec)

Video of assault by police on activist 16 sec, cut from longer twitter clip by Morgan Artyukhina

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The Shortwave Report 05/10/19 Listen Globally!

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/09/2019 - 19:54

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Embassy of Venezuala goes carbon-neutral as US cuts power, water

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 05/09/2019 - 15:20

With PEPCO having cut off electrical service to the Embassy of Venezuala, Venezuala now has the world's first carbon-neutral embassy right here in Washington DC. The Embassy Protection Collective says they have once again made lemonade from lemons.

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Photo by Pronouns are Yankee/go/home @queeralamode

Coup supporters beat and choke activist attempting food delivery to beseiged Embassy of Venezuala, power cut off

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 05/08/2019 - 17:36

Early morning on the 8th of May, activists supporting the Embassy Protection Collective attempted to deliver food to the besieged defenders of the Embassy of Venezuala. Supporters of US backed, self-declared Venezualan "President" Juan Guaido and his failed coup attempt beat and choked at least one of the activists trying to deliver food. They also used bright lights in an attempt to block anyone from getting video or photos of their violence.

Video from ground level of assault originally posted to Twitter by Max Blumenthal 47 sec

Update May 8: Power cut off to Embassy, Secret Service and utility workers seen entering manholes, raising fears that water would be cut off too. Several arrests of supporters outside. The US does to the embassy what they do to Venezuala

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Big rallies for control of Embassy of Venezuala end in continuing standoff

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 05/04/2019 - 21:24

As of May 4, 2019, the standoff at the Embassy of Venezuala continues essentially unchanged after major mobilizations both by progressive activists to break the siege and by coup supporters to take over the building.

Update May 6:Unconfirmed report of pro-Coup "Gusanos" shining LASERS at Embassy defenders in possible attempt to inflict permanent eye damage

Update May 5:Code Pink is warning that if the Venezualan Embassy in DC falls, the government of Venezuala will probably take over the US Embassy in Caracas, Venezuala. They also warn the current US government would be likely to respond with an invasion of Venezuala.

HD video of a Code Pink "Thunder Run" through the incredible noise and press of coup supporters. 3 min 4 sec

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