Mike Harris at American Thinker |
Code Pink refusing to leave Venezuela’s DC embassy as State Dept. slams ‘trespassers’ . . . "The United States and others countries believe Maduro's most recent election was fraudulent and have said he's not the legitimate president of Venezuela. But Benjamin has repeatedly said activists are there to prevent a “hostile takeover” of the embassy. Benjamin said the group has the permission of the Maduro government to stay in the embassy." . . .
No diplomats, no Venezuelans as activists occupy DC embassy . . . “ 'We are placeholders,” Medea Benjamin, co-founder of one of the groups, Code Pink, told The Associated Press. They see Maduro, whose government is recognized by the United Nations, as Venezuela’s legitimate leader.
“ 'We are doing what another country will hopefully do, which is hold the space.” When two countries don’t have relations, it’s common for a third, neutral nation to handle diplomatic functions in place of an embassy or consulate.
"The Trump administration has said the activists are trespassing Venezuelan sovereign territory and need to leave. Gustavo Vecchio, Guaidó’s appointee as ambassador to Washington, has said he’s signed all necessary documents and it is now up to U.S. authorities to clear the building." . . .
Back in 2014: Medea Benjamin: Deported From Egypt, Admired by Obama
. . . "And the “Woman’s Day” event she was touting is actually a holdover from a Stalinist event put on in the Soviet Union in 1934, so it allowed Benjamin and her fellow wannabe communist revolutionaries and acolytes a communist-inspired venue." . . .
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