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Water and Power Cut to Venezuelan Embassy in D.C. as Activists Continue Occupation

HeadlineMay 10, 2019

In Washington, D.C., authorities have cut off water and electricity to the Venezuelan Embassy, as activists with CodePink and other organizations continue a round-the-clock occupation in order to prevent a takeover of the building by Venezuela’s U.S.-backed opposition. The activists entered the embassy in late April at the invitation of Venezuela’s government; opposition groups led by Juan Guaidó and backed by the Trump administration have pledged to take over the building. So far police and Secret Service agents have arrested nine activists, including Gerry Condone, a 72-year-old Vietnam War vet and the president of Veterans for Peace, who was violently tackled and pressed to the pavement Wednesday by five officers after he tried to bring food to protesters occupying the embassy.  Condone was left bleeding from the head and needed medical treatment. He’s been charged with throwing a missile, resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer.

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