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In the News: CODEPINK Protects Venezuelan Embassy Facing Assault and Arrests


A protester is arrested outside the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington on May 2, 2019. (Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post)

To see videos of the assaults and arrests, please view Ariel Gold's Twitter stream: https://twitter.com/ArielElyseGold

Activists Continue to Hold Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, CODEPINK Blog, Pat Elder, May 2, 2019

‘We’re not going to leave’: Three arrested, activists face dwindling supplies on Day 3 of Venezuelan Embassy protests in D.C., Washington Post, May 2, 2019

Pro-coup protesters surround Venezuelan embassy in Washington but meet resistance from peace activists, The Canary, May 2, 2019

Protesters clash outside of Venezuela’s DC embassy over Guaidó-Maduro standoff, Vox, May 2, 2019

Peace Activists Arrested While Trying to Deliver Food and Medicine to Blockaded DC Venezuelan Embassy: Members of the Embassy Protection Collective have lived on the property with permission from the Maduro government for weeks, Common Dreams, May 2, 2019

DC embassy protectors force Guaido’s shadow ambassador to flee in failure as coup flops in Venezuela, The Grey Zone, May 2, 2019

Venezuelans clash with pro-Maduro Code Pink activists in tense scene outside DC embassy, Fox News, May 2, 2019

Guaido supporters confront anti-intervention activists at Venezuelan Embassy in DC (VIDEO), RT, May 2, 2019

How an Elaborate Plan to Topple Venezuela’s President Went Wrong: The United States thought all the pieces were in place for Maduro to leave. Then everything came crashing down, The Atlantic, May 2, 2019

Uprising in Caracas Prompts Dueling Demonstrations in Washington, WSJ, May 2, 2019

Venezuelan Protesters Clash With American Activists Living In Embassy, DCIST, May 2, 2019

US tells pro-Maduro protesters to leave Venezuelan embassy, RTL, April 26, 2019

Activists Seek to Block U.S. Handover of Venezuelan Embassy to Opposition Leaders, Democracy Now, April 23, 2019

Peace Activists inside the Venezuelan Embassy.