Ndi Medea Benjamin ndi Ann Wright, May 14, 2019
Chochitika chodabwitsa chikuchitika ku Embassy ya Venezuela ku Washington DC, kuyambira pomwe Ambassy Protection Collective anakhazikika ku ambassy ndi chilolezo cha boma la Venezuela lomwe linasankhidwa pa April 10 kuti liziteteze chifukwa chotsutsana ndi malamulo a Venezuela. Zochita za apolisi madzulo a May 13 zinawonjezera gawo latsopano la sewero.
Popeza kudula magetsi, chakudya ndi madzi mkati mwa ambassy sizinakwanire kuti anthu onse asachoke, Lachisanu madzulo masana, apolisi a Washington, DC alemba mosasamala kanthu komwe kanasindikizidwa popanda kalata kapena chizindikiro kuchokera ku boma lililonse la US boma.
Chidziwitsocho chinati bungwe la Trump limazindikira mtsogoleri wotsutsa wa Venezuela Juan Guaido monga mtsogoleri wa boma la Venezuela ndi kuti ambassador wa Guaido ku United States, Carlos Vecchio, ndi nthumwi yake yoikidwa ku bungwe la American States (OAS) Gustavo Tarre, adayenera kudziwa omwe amaloledwa kulowa ku Embassy. Amene sanavomerezedwe ndi akazembeyo adayenera kuonedwa kuti ndi olakwa. Anthu omwe anali mkati mwa nyumbayo "anapempha" kuti achoke mnyumbamo.
Chidziwitsochi chinawoneka kuti chinalembedwa ndi gulu la Guaido, koma linaikidwa ndi kuwerengedwa ndi apolisi a DC monga ngati chilemba kuchokera ku boma la US.
Apolisi adalengeza zitseko zonse kuzungulira a Embassy ndipo kenaka adaitanidwa ku dipatimenti yotentha moto kuti adule chingwe ndi mndandanda womwe unali pakhomo la Ambassade kuyambira pomwe mgwirizanowo unasweka pakati pa Venezuela ndi United States pa January 23.
Kuwonjezera pa sewero, ochirikiza onse awiri anayamba kusonkhana. Ankhondo a pro-Guaido, omwe adamanga mahema kuzungulira chigawo cha ambassy ndipo atakhazikitsa nthawi yaitali kuti amenyane ndi anthu onse m'kati mwa nyumbayo, adalamulidwa kuti atenge makamu awo. Zikuwoneka ngati ichi chinali gawo la kuwasunthira kuchokera kunja kwa ambassy mkati.
Patadutsa maola awiri, anthu ena a m'bungwe la ambassy mwadala adachoka kuti athe kuchepetsa chakudya ndi madzi, ndipo anthu anayi sanamvere zomwe akuganiza kuti ndizoletsedwa. Khamu la anthu lidikira kuyembekezera apolisi kulowa mkati ndikuchotsa mwakuthupi, ndi kumanga, otsala omwe ali nawo. Ankhondo a pro-Guaido anali okondwa, akulira "tic-toc, tic-toc" pamene anali kuwerengera maminiti asanayambe kugonjetsa.
Pazinthu zodabwitsa, komabe, m'malo momanga mamembala onse omwe adatsalira, zokambirana zazitali zidachitika pakati pawo, loya wawo Mara Verheyden-Hilliard ndi apolisi a DC. Zokambiranazi zidalongosola chifukwa chomwe mamembala onse anali ku Embassy poyambirira - kuyesera kuletsa oyang'anira a Trump kuti asaphwanye Msonkhano wa Vienna wa ma diplomatic and Consular Facilities wa 1961 potembenuza malo azoyimira boma kukhala boma lowukira.
Mamembala onse adakumbutsa apolisi kuti motsatira malamulo oletsedwa sakuwatchinjiriza kuti asaweruzidwe.
Patadutsa maola awiri, mmalo mwakumanga gulu, apolisi adatembenuka, natsekera pakhomo pawo, adayika alonda ndipo adati adzawafunsa akuluakulu awo momwe angachitire. Anthuwa adadabwa kuti Dipatimenti ya State ndi apolisi a DC, atatha mwezi umodzi kukonzekera kuchotsedwa kwawo, adayambitsa ntchitoyi popanda ndondomeko yowonjezereka yophatikizapo kukakamizidwa ngati akapolowo sanatuluke pakhomopo mwadzidzidzi.
Kevin Zeese, membala wothandizira, analemba a mawu ponena za udindo wa gulu ndi ambassy:
“Lero ndi tsiku la 34 tikukhala ku kazembe wa Venezuela ku Washington, DC. Tili okonzeka kukhala masiku ena 34, kapena pakadali nthawi yayitali kuti tithetse kusamvana kwamtendere mwamtendere mogwirizana ndi malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi ... Tisanachite izi, timanenanso kuti gulu lathu ndi limodzi la anthu odziyimira pawokha komanso mabungwe omwe siaboma lililonse. Pomwe tonse ndife nzika zaku US, sitili othandizira ku United States. Pomwe tili pano chilolezo cha boma la Venezuela, sitili oimira kapena oimira awo ... Kuchoka ku ofesi ya kazembe komwe kumathetsa mavuto onse kupindulitsa United States ndi Venezuela ndi mgwirizano wogwirizana woteteza. United States ikufuna Mphamvu Yoteteza ku kazembe wake ku Caracas. Venezuela ikufuna Mphamvu Yotetezera akazembe ake ku DC… A Embassy Protectors sadzitchinga tokha, kapena kubisala ku ofesi ya kazembe ngati apolisi alowa mosaloledwa. Tidzasonkhana pamodzi ndikutsimikizira mwamtendere ufulu wathu wokhala munyumbayi ndikusunga malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi ... Lamulo lililonse loti tichoke potengera pempho la omwe akukonza chiwembu omwe alibe oyang'anira sikhala lamulo lovomerezeka. Kupandukaku kwalephera kangapo ku Venezuela. Boma losankhidwa limadziwika ndi makhothi aku Venezuela motsogozedwa ndi malamulo aku Venezuela komanso bungwe la United Nations motsogozedwa ndi malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi. Lamulo la omwe akukonza chiwembu chosankhidwa ndi US silingakhale lovomerezeka… Kulowera kotereku kumaika akazembe padziko lonse lapansi ndi ku United States pachiwopsezo. Tili ndi nkhawa ndi akazembe aku US komanso ogwira nawo ntchito padziko lonse lapansi ngati Msonkhano wa Vienna waphwanyidwa ku kazembeyu. Izi zitha kukhazikitsa chiwonetsero chowopsa chomwe chitha kugwiritsidwa ntchito motsutsana ndi akazembe aku US… .Ngati kuthamangitsidwa kosaloledwa ndikumangidwa kosaloledwa, tonse omwe tikupanga zisankho mndende azigwiranso ntchito ndipo onse omwe amatsata malamulo osaloledwa adzayankha mlandu…. palibe chifukwa choti United States ndi Venezuela akhale adani. Kuthetsa kusamvana kumeneku kukhale kofunika kuti mayiko ena akambirane nkhani zina. ”
Tikuyembekeza kuti Dipatimenti ya Trump idzapita kukhoti lerolino, May 14 kuti apemphe lamulo la boma la US kuti achotse mamembala onse ochokera ku Embassy wa Venezuela.
Anthu a bungwe la National Lawyers Guild analemba mawu kutsutsa kuyang'anira kwa a Trump kuti apereke malo azoyimira anthu osaloledwa. "Awa omwe adasainidwa kale kuti adzudzule kuphwanya malamulo komwe kumachitika ku ofesi ya kazembe wa Venezuela ku Washington DC ndikuti achitepo kanthu mwachangu. Asanafike pa Epulo 25, 2019, gulu la omenyera ufulu adayitanidwa ku Embassy ndi boma la Venezuela - lodziwika monga bungwe la United Nations - ndikupitilizabe kukhala pamalowo.
Ngakhale zili choncho, boma la United States, kudzera m'mabungwe osiyanasiyana othandizira malamulo, lavomereza ndi kuteteza otsutsa omwe akutsutsana ndi kuyesa kuzungulira a Embassy. Pochita zimenezi, boma la United States likupanga chikhalidwe choopsa cha mgwirizanane ndi mayiko onse. Zochitazi sizolondola mosavuta, koma amaika mabungwe padziko lonse pangozi .... Kunyansidwa kwa bungwe la Trump chifukwa cha mfundozi ndi malamulo apadziko lonse kumaika pangozi dongosolo lonse la mgwirizanowu umene ungakhale ndi chiwonongeko m'mitundu yonse dziko.
Wolemba boma adafuna kuti dziko la United States lipitirize kupha anthu ku boma la Venezuela komanso kulimbana ndi boma, lomwe likudziwikabe ndi United Nations komanso dziko lonse lapansi. Tikufuna kuti malamulo apakhomo ndi a boma azipewa kuonetsa kuitana kwa mtendere ndi omvera awo mkati ndi kunja kwa a Embassy kuti awononge ufulu wawo wachibadwidwe. "
Pomwe mbiri yakutsogolo kwa kazembe wa Venezuela ku Georgetown ikupitilirabe, mbiri idzalemba izi ngati chinthu chofunikira kwambiri pakusintha maubwenzi aku US-Venezuela, kuphwanya malamulo aku US pamalamulo apadziko lonse lapansi komanso koposa, monga chitsanzo champhamvu cha Nzika zaku US zikuchita zonse zomwe zingathe - kuphatikiza kusowa chakudya, madzi ndi magetsi komanso kukumana ndi ziwopsezo tsiku ndi tsiku ndi otsutsa - kuyesa kuletsa kulanda boma komwe kumayendetsedwa ndi US.
Medea Benjamin ndi amene anayambitsa CODEPINK: Akazi a Mtendere ndi wolemba mabuku asanu ndi anayi kuphatikizapo "mkati mwa Iran: Mbiri Yeniyeni ndi Ndale za Republic of Iran," "Ufumu Wosalungama: Chifukwa cha US-Saudi Connection, "Ndi" Nkhondo za Drone: Kupha ndi Kutalikirana Kwambiri. "
Ann Wright adagwira zaka 29 ku US Army ndipo adapuma pantchito ngati Colonel. Anali kazembe waku US kwa zaka 16 ndipo adasiya ntchito mu Marichi 2003 motsutsana ndi nkhondo yaku Iraq. Ndiye wolemba mnzake wa "Wotsutsa: Mawu a Chikumbumtima."
