Embassy Protection Collective

Venezuelan Embassy Protection Collective Wins Legal Victory Before Hostile Judge

June 13, 2020 UNAC Editor Protest, Resistance, US Hypocrisy, Venezuela

The sentencing of the final four from the Venezuelan Embassy Protection Collective marked another defeat for Juan Guaidó and his DC-based coup administration. Prior to handing it down, however, an Obama-appointed judge delivered an unhinged law-and-order tirade denigrating the defendants. By Anya Parampil On the morning of June 3, four U.S. citizens from the Venezuelan Embassy Protection Collective (EPC) who[…]

Mistrial in Trump Admin’s Biased Case Against Venezuelan Embassy Protectors is Win for Sovereignty

February 18, 2020 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Peoples' Movements, Resistance, Venezuela

by Leonardo Flores, published on The Grayzone, February 14, 2020 A hung jury in the Donald Trump administration’s case against activists who were arrested protecting Venezuela’s internationally recognized embassy in Washington, DC is being heralded as a major win for sovereignty, amid the US government’s floundering coup attempt against the Chavista government in Caracas. On February 14, a jury of[…]

The World Is Uniting For International Law, Against US Empire

August 17, 2019 UNAC Editor Featured, International Law

by Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, published on Popular Resistance, August 11, 2019 “We oppose the extraterritorial application of unilateral measures.“ That is not Cuba, Nicaragua, Iran, Russia, or China talking about the most recent unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States against Venezuela, i.e. economic sanctions that have become an economic blockade, but the European Union. Even allies[…]

Showdown at the Venezuelan Embassy

May 16, 2019 UNAC Editor Featured, Protest, Resistance, Venezuela

Photo by Alex Rubenstein by Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, from Popular Resistance, May 15, 2019 This article describes a tense showdown and small victory that took place Monday evening between the embassy protectors and federal authorities, and concludes with URGENT ACTIONS people can take to resolve this dispute and stop a US-orchestrated coup. (Writing on Day 36 of the[…]

An Open Letter to District of Columbia Authorities

May 15, 2019 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Breaking News, Featured, Police Corruption, Protest, Resistance, Venezuela

by Rich Whitney, Published on Medium, May 13, 219 In allowing coup supporters to lay siege to the Venezuelan embassy, D.C. Police are violating the First Amendment and District of Columbia law At this writing, a rightwing mob of supporters of Juan Guaido, (the self-described, U.S.-named “interim president” of Venezuela, who has no legitimate, lawful claim to that office) has[…]

An Open Letter to the State Department from the Embassy Protection Collective

May 13, 2019 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Venezuela

To: US State Department Venezuelan Foreign Ministry From: Embassy Protection Collective Re: Exiting the Venezuelan Embassy Date: May 13, 2019 This is the 34th day of our living in the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, DC. We are prepared to stay another 34 days, or however long is needed to resolve the embassy dispute in a peaceful way consistent with[…]