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As part of the Embassy Protection Collective, I've been staying inside the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington D.C. to protect it from takeover by Trump's coup collaborators. On Thursday, I came out to replenish food supplies, but was<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">arrested
as I tried to get the bread, salad greens, and other food back inside</strong>. Right-wing pro-Guaidó/Trump supporters blocked the doors. Rather than helping me get food to people legally inside the embassy, the police arrested me.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">I
am charged with "throwing missiles." I am not kidding.</strong></p>
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Let me be clear why we are inside the Venezuela Embassy. We are there to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">protect it from a takeover by an unelected group of Guaidó supporters, a takeover that would dangerously escalate the conflict</strong>.
If the opposition takes over the DC Embassy, the Venezuelan government will probably take over the US Embassy. The US could consider this an act of war and use it as an excuse to invade. We can’t allow that to happen. That’s why,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">despite
intense harassment and even a cut-off of our food supplies by right-wing thugs, our peaceful presence INSIDE the Embassy continues.</strong></p>
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Meanwhile, inside Venezuela, Guaidó’s continued call for a military uprising threatens to plunge the country into a bloody coup that could lead to decades of war. And US economic sanctions are leading to more misery. There needs to be mediation, like the Mexican
government and the Vatican are calling for.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">We need your help to stop this coup attempt.</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 153);" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://www.codepink.org/embassyprotection?e=1afe7b7163b9dda25d4599b2d4f044d6&utm_source=codepink&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=may_3_national_vz_alert&n=2" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 153); text-decoration: none;" class="">Contact
your representatives in Congress now. Tell them to speak out against a coup and US military intervention. Tell them to prohibit an unconstitutional military intervention in Venezuela.</a></strong></span></p>
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<strong class="">The aggressive abuse we are facing at the DC Embassy everyday now, including physical assaults against Medea, Tighe and myself</strong>, are a microcosm of the violence being perpetrated by Guaidó followers and a warning of how devastating
it will be if Donald Trump, John Bolton, and Elliot Abrams are successful in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">orchestrating their coup</strong>. It's more important than ever that we stop them.</p>
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We've seen this before–in Chile, Haiti, Iraq, Afghanistan, Honduras, Libya, and Syria–and we know the process: impose sanctions to devastate the economy, provide financing and weapons to the opposition, sabotage peace processes, exploit human needs, name a
“leader,” and install a government that will serve U.S. interests. It never turns about well for the people.</p>
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A U.S.-backed coup in Venezuela would only serve the interests of the U.S. and Venezuelan elite who stand to profit by taking over a country with the largest oil reserves in the world. We must prevent unnecessary bloodshed and suffering in Venezuela.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 153);" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://www.codepink.org/embassyprotection?e=1afe7b7163b9dda25d4599b2d4f044d6&utm_source=codepink&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=may_3_national_vz_alert&n=3" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 153); text-decoration: none;" class="">Contact
your representatives in Congress now. Tell them to vote to prevent a U.S.-backed coup in Venezuela!</a></strong></span></p>
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<strong class="">Towards peace and diplomacy,</strong><br class="">
<strong class="">Ariel and the entire CODEPINK team: Ann, Carley, Clara, Jodie, Kelly, Kelsey, Kirsten, Lily, Maya, Mark, Medea, Nancy, Paki, Ryan, Sarah, Tighe, Ursula and Zena</strong></p>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;" class="">P.S. Click<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class=""><a href="https://www.codepink.org/in_the_news_codepink_protects_venezuelan_embassy?e=1afe7b7163b9dda25d4599b2d4f044d6&utm_source=codepink&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=may_3_national_vz_alert&n=4" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 153); text-decoration: none;" class="">here</a> </strong>to
view all of the press coverage of our recent actions at the Embassy</span></p>
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