Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, stated on 27 May 2025 that, noting that Pakistani military officials had attended the funerals of terrorists killed in Operation Sindoor, Pakistan’s prolonged sponsorship of terrorism against India should not be described simply as a proxy war, but as a deliberate and sustained military strategy that has its roots…
Voltaire Network | Khartoum (Sudan) | 23 May 2025 On May 22, 2025, the Department of State issued the following press release: «On April 24, 2025, the United States determined under the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 (the CBW Act) that the Government of Sudan used chemical weapons in…
WASHINGTON — Following the illegal seizure by U.S. authorities of the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, the group of activists who lived in the building for 37 days — protecting it from such a seizure at the request of the democratically elected government of Venezuela — is escalating tactics. In many ways, the fight of the…
Police have broken into the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, DC and arrested four protesters from the Embassy Protection Collective, according to Medea Benjamin, an activist from the anti-war group CODEPINK. Among the four who were arrested during the raid are anti-war activists Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers. A US Secret Service spokesman confirmed that it…
After a rough and revealing start, the reins of the campaign to seize Venezuela’s embassy in Washington are being taken over by a group of well-connected marketing and online strategists. In this article, we will examine the backgrounds of these individuals, the platforms they use to disseminate their message, and the tactics they have employed…
The Embassy Protection Collective is a group of activists and journalists living in the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, DC at the invitation of the Venezuelan government. The following is a statement released by the Embassy Protection Collective to MintPress News and other media: This is the 34th day of our living in the Venezuelan embassy…
WASHINGTON — MintPress News journalist Alexander Rubinstein and a reporter for The Grayzone, Anya Parampil, are besieged inside the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, and have been since April 30, in an egregious attack against press freedom. On Wednesday evening, events took a turn for the worse as the Metropolitan DC police cut off the power…
WASHINGTON — Since April 30, the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington has been under siege by pro-coup activists who have repeatedly stated their intention to prevent the access of food to the people inside, who are living there at the invitation of the elected government of Venezuela. The U.S. Secret Service is outsourcing its desires to…
Grayzone — It was supposed to be a day of triumph for Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido and his forces in Washington DC. In Caracas, the opposition had launched “Operacion Libertad,” a coup attempt that promised to flip high level figures in the military and Maduro’s inner circle and deliver Miraflores Palace to Guaido. And…
VENEZUELAN EMBASSY, WASHINGTON — A group of activists banding together as the “Embassy Protection Collective,” in defense of the sovereignty of the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, defied orders by the U.S. government to vacate the premises by the 25th of April. Later in the morning, the Trump administration’s special envoy to Venezuela, Elliot Abrams, condemned…
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, stated on 27 May 2025 that, noting that Pakistani military officials had attended the funerals of terrorists killed in Operation Sindoor, Pakistan’s prolonged sponsorship of terrorism against India should not be described simply as a proxy war, but as a deliberate and sustained military strategy that has its roots…
Voltaire Network | Khartoum (Sudan) | 23 May 2025 On May 22, 2025, the Department of State issued the following press release: «On April 24, 2025, the United States determined under the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 (the CBW Act) that the Government of Sudan used chemical weapons in…
Betsey Piette. WW PHOTO: Joe Piette Despite decades of wars and occupations of countries abroad, the U.S. faces a global challenge it is unable to contain. This challenge is multifaceted, but three things stand out: One is the relentless resistance of the people of Palestine and West Asia in elevating their struggle for a free…
Home » Im/migrants and Refugees » Portland Memorial Day protest for Palestine Portland, Oregon Portland for Palestine and Veterans For Peace held a powerful protest on May 26, Memorial Day, calling on the U.S. to stop funding genocide in Gaza. A leaflet for the protest said: “Our government funds the genocide in Gaza and maintains…