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<h1 class="reader-title">Venezuela: Embassy Protection
Collective ‘The Next Two Days Are Crucial’</h1>
<div class="credits reader-credits">By Kevin Zeese and Margaret
Flowers – April 23, 2019 <br>
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<h2>Embassy Protection Collective Will Refuse To Turn
Over Embassy To US Puppet Government: Arrests
Expected</h2>
<p><strong>The next two days will be crucial for the
protection of the Venezuelan embassy in
Washington, DC.</strong> The Embassy Protection
Collective is prepared to stay at the embassy for
the foreseeable future, for as long as it takes to
protect the sovereignty of Venezuela from a coup led
by the United States with its fraudulent puppet
government that the entire world knows is a farce —
unelected and illegal under Venezuelan and
international law. We stand with the Venezuelan
government and their legitimately-elected president,
Nicolas Maduro.</p>
<p><u>If you can make it to Washington, DC in the next
two days, contact us by completing <a
href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeTI92lvn3t6rg1ZLYmo0fXN8rXshvwuP1EQUiSyQeh-X2HFQ/viewform">
this form</a>. If you can’t come to DC, please
mobilize on Thursday, April 25 at the Venezuelan
embassy nearest you to say that the embassy is the
property of the Venezuelan government of Nicolas
Maduro and that you will protect it from illegal
takeovers if such were attempted</u>. This is
important because if the US is successful at taking
the embassy in DC, other countries may follow suit.</p>
<p>In Washington, DC, people can take action inside or
outside of the embassy. A strong show of public
support will prevent the takeover of the embassy.
There are many levels of risk people can take to
show their solidarity with the people of Venezuela.</p>
<p>In the last two days, more than 800 people and
organizations have signed on to the <a
href="https://popularresistance.org/action-24-7-protection-of-dc-venezuelan-embassy/">Declaration
of the Embassy Protective (Colectivos De La Paz)</a>.
The Declaration makes explicit the illegal actions
of the Trump administration and their fake puppet
government and the legitimacy of President Maduro
and the elected Venezuelan government. <a
href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSduN1AC5Bp9mDQSEEE-5xi6NDeGeIXS5U8cJB_OOBE0l31E8w/viewform">Sign
on to the Declaration here</a> to show your
solidarity with the Venezuelan people and your
opposition to the US coup.</p>
<p>There has been a series of amazing events at the
Venezuelan embassy in Washington, DC. The art build
organized by the Embassy Protection Collective
resulted in the Georgetown embassy being covered
with political signs that describe the US coup and
the fraudulent, illegal, puppet government. A banner
with the “<a
href="https://www.facebook.com/ColectivosporlaPaz/videos/686235438477560/">Eyes
of Chavez</a>” was installed on the embassy along
with multiple other banners.</p>
<p>This Wednesday night, the Collective, which was
initiated by CODE PINK and Popular Resistance, will
be holding a forum with former CIA officer John
Kiriakou. Kiriakou will discuss “An Inside View of
CIA-Led Coups.” The irony of Kiriakou making this
presentation from inside an embassy being threatened
by US take-over should not be lost on anyone. That
forum will be followed by a nonviolent direct action
training for people who plan to resist the next day.
And, there will be a light projection displaying
images on the Venezuelan embassy.</p>
<p>The Collective has highlighted that what is
occurring in Venezuela is a US coup. Billboards
attached to the building show the “The Regime Change
Checklist,” which describes some of the steps the US
has taken to force a coup in Venezuela. Another is
“US Regime Change Results,” which summarizes some of
the many US coups and their devastating impacts. A
series of 32 panels along the front of the embassy
describes the chronology of the US regime change
campaign.</p>
<p>The Embassy Protection Collective is in the embassy
with the permission of the Venezuelan government.
The Collective is not breaking the law but serving
the people of Venezuela. If law enforcement enters
the embassy without permission of the Maduro
government, they will be breaking the law and
invading Venezuela’s sovereign territory. This is a
time when all who oppose US intervention need to
show their support by doing all they can to protect
the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, DC.</p>
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