U.S. law enforcement officers raided the Venezuelan Embassy on Thursday to oust ...
WASHINGTON - U.S. law enforcement officers raided the Venezuelan Embassy on Thursday to oust a small group protesting U.S. policy toward the oil-rich country, paving the way for the diplomatic compound to be handed to the U.S. envoy of opposition leader Juan Guaido.
The activists oppose U.S. intervention in Venezuela to oust President Nicolas Maduro in favor of Juan Guaido, the Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president of the OPEC-member nation. The U.S. Secret Service confirmed officers had helped agents from State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service execute arrest warrants against people inside the embassy.
The United States has imposed sanctions against Venezuelan leaders, ordered the withdrawal of diplomatic personnel from Venezuela in March and, on Wednesday, suspended passenger and cargo flights between the United States and Venezuela. At its peak, about 50 people from three groups occupied the Venezuelan Embassy, according to Medea Benjamin, a co-founder of Code Pink, one of the groups involved.Meanwhile, supporters of Guaido have mounted their own protests outside the embassy. Following Thursday’s arrests, dozens of the opposition government’s supporters celebrated in the streets.
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