by Marjorie Cohn, Truthout
Part 3 - Embassy Protection Collective Protects Venezuelan Embassy
Part 3 - Embassy Protection Collective Protects Venezuelan Embassy
Meanwhile, the Embassy Protection Collective remains in the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, D.C. Members of CODEPINK and Popular Resistance have lived in the embassy for more than two weeks to protect it from a coup attempt and possible invasion by U.S.-backed opposition forces. On May 1, members of the collective fended off an attempted takeover of the embassy by forces loyal to Guaidó.
If the Trump administration were to enter the embassy to expel these people, who are present with consent of the Venezuelan government, it would violate the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Article 22 of that treaty states, “The premises of the mission shall be inviolable.” U.S. agents are prohibited from entering the embassy without the consent of the Maduro government. The United States is also “under a special duty to take all appropriate steps to protect the premises of the mission against any intrusion or damage and to prevent any disturbance of the peace of the mission or impairment of its dignity.” And the premises, furniture and other property “shall be immune from search, requisition, attachment or execution.”
Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, members of the Embassy Protective Collective, wrote,
If the Venezuelan embassy in Washington is taken over by the opposition, it will have disastrous results. The Venezuelan government declared that if this happens, they will take the US embassy in Caracas. The US will view this as an act of aggression, and because it is already looking for an excuse to do so, could attack Venezuela. Because Russia and China are close allies of Venezuela, this could spark a global conflict.
Source, links:
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-troika-of-tyranny-meddles-in-venezuela-cuba-nicaragua/
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-troika-of-tyranny-meddles-in-venezuela-cuba-nicaragua/
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