American Activists Occupy the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington
American Activists Occupy the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington. The political crisis in Venezuela has added a new stage to the battle: the bitter power struggle between left-wing President Nicolás Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaidó is now taking place at the Venezuelan embassy in Washington DC.
American activists occupy the building in solidarity with President Maduro. In this way, they want to prevent representatives of the self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaidó from taking up residence there.
As a result of the Trump government's recognition of self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaidó, the diplomatic representatives of the left-wing Maduro administration were ordered to make room for the opposition.
The embassy staff received an ultimatum from the US governme...