Residents, businesses and workers have adjusted to the tumultuous demonstrations.
Doris Mariani poses in her apartment with the Venezuelan Embassy in the background. By Marissa J. Lang Marissa J. Lang Local reporter focused on D.C. area news Email Bio Follow May 14 at 6:45 PM Round-the-clock demonstrations had been roaring for more than a week when Doris Mariani decided she could no longer stay silent.
“No, no,” said Mariani as the woman began to cry. “Don’t apologize. You have every right to protest. You have every right to protest for your people. Don’t apologize.” At the time, a handful of Maduro government officials still were working in the building. But in mid-April, their visas expired, forcing them to abandon their posts and leave the embassy occupied solely by members of Code Pink and other groups who dubbed themselves the “Embassy Protection Collective.”
“It’s important to us that they see us in a positive light, even though we’re out here protesting in their front yard,” said pro-Guaidó demonstrator Robert Nasser, a member of Lucha Democratica. “We do what we can.”During a news conference last week, Code Pink supporters outside the embassy retreated into Baked & Wired cafe to escape the noisemakers and chants of pro-Guaidó demonstrators. A manager ushered customers in past a crowd of reporters, insisting, “Come in.
In an attempt to engage residents and passersby, Code Pink members handed out leaflets explaining their mission to protect the embassy from forces not granted entry by the Maduro government, said Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin.
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