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May 14, 2019

Police Raid Activists Occupying Venezuelan Embassy in D.C.
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And in Washington, D.C., four activists remain in the Venezuelan embassy
after police raided the building Monday night. Activists with Code Pink,
ANSWER Coalition and other groups had been occupying the building since
late April at the invitation of Venezuela's government, in order to
prevent it being taken over by Venezuela's U.S.-backed opposition, led
by Juan Guaidó. Last week, authorities cut off water and electricity to
the embassy.

As they were on the verge of being raided, activists released a video
statement, vowing to continue the fight.

Kevin Zeese: "We are not going to leave voluntarily. We came here to
protect the embassy, we've been here for 34 days. We will stay longer if
necessary. We hope that this results in an agreement between Venezuela
and the United States to protect this embassy from the fake government -
the fake coup, the non-government that the U.S. is pushing for. We're
here. We're still resisting."

That's Kevin Zeese of Popular Resistance.


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