{"id":238632,"date":"2019-05-09T14:22:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T18:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=238632"},"modified":"2021-09-02T14:09:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T18:09:24","slug":"us-cuts-off-power-to-venezuelan-embassy-with-activists-besieged-inside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/sv\/us-cuts-off-power-to-venezuelan-embassy-with-activists-besieged-inside\/","title":{"rendered":"US cuts off power to Venezuelan Embassy with activists besieged inside"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>RAEL\u2019S COMMENT: <\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>It\u2019s illegal in International laws to cut power for embassies if bills are paid.<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC was plunged into darkness after the US authorities shut down power in the building. The anti-coup activists hunkered down inside say they are not leaving despite the blackout.<\/p>\n<p>After weeks of tense standoff between the &#8216;Embassy Civilian Protection Collective&#8217; and supporters of US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido outside the Venezuelan diplomatic compound, the US authorities attempted to drive the temporary occupants out by depriving them of electricity.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Twitter posted by one of the group&#8217;s members, independent journalist Alex Rubinstein, an activist says that the loss of electric power won&#8217;t coerce them into abandoning their mission \u2013 to protect the embassy from a takeover by Juan Guaido appointees.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We expected this, we&#8217;ve prepared for it and we are not leaving,&#8221;\u00a0the activist is seen saying in total darkness, his face lit by a candle.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/458837-embassy-blackout-activists-collective\/?fbclid=IwAR3-RMk95zShjSNULz54R28ijP5ID6rVkuUEr0XuGzw7ItFrha-G2yhHNdU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/458837-embassy-blackout-activists-collective\/?fbclid=IwAR3-RMk95zShjSNULz54R28ijP5ID6rVkuUEr0XuGzw7ItFrha-G2yhHNdU<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAEL\u2019S COMMENT: It\u2019s illegal in International laws to cut power for embassies if bills are paid. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":336756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}