Ngama-Medea uBenjamini no-Ann Wright, uMeyi 14, 2019
Iqoqo lezenzakalo ezivamile liye lavela e-Embassy yaseVenezuela eWashington DC, kusukela lapho i-Embassy Protection Collective yaqala ukuhlala e-ambassy ngemvume kahulumeni okhethiwe waseVenezuela ngo-Ephreli 10 ukuyivikela ekutholeni okungemthetho ngokuphikiswa kweVenezuela. Izenzo zamaphoyisa ngobusuku bukaMeyi 13 zanezela izinga elisha lomdlalo.
Njengoba ukunqunywa kukagesi, ukudla kanye namanzi ngaphakathi kwe-embassy akukwanele ukuphoqelela ukuba ndawonye bahambe, ngaseLwesibili ntambama ntambama, amaphoyisa aseMashington, DC ahlinzeke ngesaziso esinephutha esanyatheliswa ngaphandle kwencwadi noma isignesha kusuka kunoma yimuphi uhulumeni wase-US esemthethweni.
Lesi saziso sathi umphathi weTrump uyaqaphela umholi wokuphikisa waseVenezuela uJuan Guaido njengenhloko kahulumeni waseVenezuela nokuthi i-ambassador emisiwe e-Guaido e-United States, uCarlos Vecchio, nommeli wakhe omisiwe eNhlanganweni Yezizwe zaseMelika (OAS), UGustavo Tarre, kwakufanele abone ukuthi ubani ovunyelwe ukungena kwi-Embassy. Labo abangagunyaziwe yizinxusa kwakufanele babhekwe njengeziphambeko. Labo abangaphakathi kwesakhiwo "baceliwe" ukuba basuke esakhiweni.
Lesi saziso sibonakala sibhalwa yiqembu laseGuido, kodwa lihanjiswe futhi lifundwa ngamaphoyisa e-DC njengokungathi idokhumende evela kuhulumeni wase-US.
Amaphoyisa adlulisele isaziso eminyango nxazonke ze-Embassy futhi kamuva abizwa emnyangweni womlilo ukusika ukukhiya nokuboshwa okwakungasemnyango wangaphambili we-Embassy kusukela ubuhlobo bombuso buphukile phakathi kweVenezuela ne-United States ngoJanuwari 23.
Ukwengeza emdlalweni, abasekeli bobabili baqala ukubutha. Amandla asePu-Guaido, awakhiwe amatende azungeze umjikelezo we-embassy futhi ayemise inkampu yesikhathi eside ukuphikisa ukuhlangana phakathi kwaleso sakhiwo, bahlelwe ukuba bathathe ikamu labo. Kubonakala sengathi lokhu kwakuyingxenye yokubathutha ngaphandle kwe-embassy ngaphakathi.
Ngemva kwamahora amabili, amanye amalunga e-ambassy ayehamba ngokuzithandela ukuze anciphise umthwalo wokudla namanzi, futhi amalungu amane ayenqaba ukulalela lokho abakubheka njengokungekho emthethweni ukuphuma endaweni. Isixuku silindele ukulindela amaphoyisa angena ngaphakathi futhi asuse ngokomzimba, futhi abambelele, amalungu ahlangene asebambene. Amandla ase-pro-Guaido ayejabule, ekhala "tic-toc, tic-toc" njengoba bebalinganisa imizuzu ngaphambi kokunqoba kwabo.
Ezimweni eziphawulekayo, kodwa-ke, esikhundleni sokubopha amalungu eqembu ahlala ngaphakathi, kwaqala izingxoxo ezinde phakathi kwabo, nommeli wabo uMara Verheyden-Hilliard namaphoyisa e-DC. Ingxoxo ibigxile ekutheni kungani amalungu eqembu lonke abe se-Embassy kwasekuqaleni-ezama ukuvimba abaphathi bakaTrump ekwephuleni isivumelwano se-Vienna Convention on Diplomatic and Consular Facilities sika-1961 ngokuguqula izakhiwo zamanxusa zibe uhulumeni wobumbano.
Amalungu ahlangene akhumbuza amaphoyisa ukuthi ngokulandela ama-oda angekho emthethweni awabavikeli ekukhokhweni kwezinyathelo zobugebengu.
Ngemuva kwamahora amabili, esikhundleni sokubopha abavukuzi, amaphoyisa aphenduka, avala umnyango ngemuva kwabo, abalindi babethule nokuthi bazocela abaphathi babo ukuthi bangabhekana kanjani nesimo. Isixuku samangala ngokuthi uMnyango WezoMbuso kanye noDkt. DC, ngemuva kokuchitha isikhathi esingaphezu kwenyanga ukuhlela ukuxoshwa, beqale lolu hlelo ngaphandle kohlelo olugcwele lokufaka izibopho zokuboshwa uma kwenzeka amalungu eqoqo angazange aphume ngesakhiwo ngokuzithandela.
UKevin Zeese, ilungu leQembu, wabhala a isitatimende ngokuphathelene nesimo se-Collective kanye ne-Embassy:
“Lolu wusuku lwama-34 sihlala enxusa laseVenezuela eWashington, DC. Sikulungele ukuhlala ezinye izinsuku ezingama-34, noma ngabe kudingeka isikhathi eside kangakanani ukuxazulula impikiswano yenxusa ngendlela enokuthula ehambisana nomthetho wamazwe omhlaba… Ngaphambi kokwenza lokhu, siyaphinda sithi iqembu lethu linye labantu abazimele nezinhlangano ezingahlangene nanoma yimuphi uhulumeni. Ngenkathi sonke siyizakhamizi zase-US, asibona abasebenzeli baseMelika. Ngenkathi silapha ngemvume kahulumeni waseVenezuela, asiwona amanxusa abo noma abamele… Ukuphuma enxusa elixazulula kahle izindaba ezizuzisa i-United States neVenezuela kuyisivumelwano Sokuvikela Amandla esihlangene. Izwe laseMelika lifuna Amandla Avikelayo kwinxusa lakhona eCaracas. IVenezuela ifuna Amandla Avikelayo kwinxusa lakhona e-DC… Abavikeli Bamanxusa ngeke bazivimbele, noma bacashe enxusa uma kwenzeka kungena ngokungemthetho ngamaphoyisa. Sizohlangana ndawonye futhi siqinisekise ngokuthula amalungelo ethu okuhlala esakhiweni futhi sigcine umthetho wamazwe omhlaba… Noma yimuphi umyalo wokuthi siphume ngokususelwa esicelweni sabakhi bozungu abaswele igunya lokuphatha ngeke kube ngumyalelo osemthethweni. Lokhu kukhishwa kwehluleke kaningi eVenezuela. Uhulumeni okhethiwe wamukelwa yizinkantolo zaseVenezuela ngaphansi komthetho waseVenezuela kanye neZizwe Ezihlangene ngaphansi komthetho wamazwe omhlaba. Umyalelo wabaqoki bamaketula abaqokwe yi-US ubungeke ube semthethweni… Ukungena okunjalo kuzobeka amanxusa emhlabeni wonke nase-United States engcupheni. Sikhathazekile ngamanxusa aseMelika kanye nabasebenzi emhlabeni jikelele uma iSivumelwano saseVienna sephulwa kule nxusa. Kungabeka isibonelo esiyingozi esingahle sisetshenziswe emanxusa aseMelika… .Uma kwenzeka kukhishwa abantu ngokungemthetho futhi baboshwa ngokungemthetho, sizobamba bonke abathatha izinqumo kuxhaxha lomyalo nazo zonke izikhulu eziphoqelela imiyalo engekho emthethweni ukuthi ziphendule…. asikho isidingo sokuthi i-United States neVenezuela babe yizitha. Ukuxazulula le ngxabano yenxusa ngokwamazwe kufanele kuholele ezingxoxweni ngezinye izindaba phakathi kwezizwe.
Sibheke ukuthi i-Trump yokuphatha izokwethula enkantolo namhlanje, uMeyi 14 ukucela umyalelo osemthethweni kahulumeni wase-US ukususa amalungu aqoqo avela eNxusa laseVenezuela.
Amalungu e-National Lawyers Guild wabhala isitatimende ukuphonsela inselelo ukuphathwa kukaTrump ngokunikezela ngezikhungo zamanxusa kubantu abangekho emthethweni. “Ababhalisile basayine bagxeke ukwephulwa komthetho okwenzeka eNxusa laseVenezuela eWashington DC nokufuna ukuthi kuthathwe izinyathelo ngokushesha. Ngaphambi kuka-Ephreli 25, 2019, iqembu lezishoshovu zokuthula lamenyelwa kwiNxusa nguhulumeni waseVenezuela - owaziwa kanjalo yiNhlangano Yezizwe - futhi uqhubeka nokuba semthethweni emagcekeni.
Noma kunjalo, uhulumeni wase-United States, ngokusebenzisa ama-ejenti ahlukahlukene e-law, agunyaze futhi avikele abaphikisi abanobudlova ukusekela ukuzama ukuvimbezela i-Embassy. Ngokwenza kanjalo, uhulumeni wase-United States udala isandulela esiyingozi sokuba nobuhlobo bombuso nabo bonke amazwe. Lezi zenzo azikho emthethweni kuphela, kodwa zibeka ama-ambassas emhlabeni jikelele engozini ... .Ukudeka okuboniswa yi-Administration Trump kulezi zimiso kanye nomthetho wamazwe omhlaba kubeka ingozi kuyo yonke uhlelo lobuhlobo bombuso obungaba nomphumela wokubuyisela ezizweni zonke Umhlaba.
Lowo oshicilelwe phansi udinga ukuthi i-United States ngokushesha iqede ukuhlaselwa okuxhaswe nguhulumeni nokungenelela ngokungemthetho eVenezuela nangokumelene nohulumeni wayo, oqhubeka nokuhlonishwa yiZizwe Ezihlangene kanye neningi lomhlaba. Sifuna ukuthi umthetho wasekhaya kanye nesifundazwe ugweme ukuveza ukumemezela okunokuthula nabasekeli babo ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwe-Embassy ukulimaza ngokuphula amalungelo abo okubambisana. "
Njengoba leli saga lekusasa leNxusa LaseVenezuela eGeorgetown liqhubeka nokuvela, umlando uzoqopha lokhu njengendawo ebalulekile yokuguqula ubudlelwano be-US-Venezuela, ukwephulwa komthetho waseMelika ngomthetho wamazwe omhlaba futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke, njengesibonelo sobuqhawe Izakhamizi zase-US zenza konke okusemandleni azo — kufaka phakathi ukungadli, amanzi nogesi nokubhekana nokuhlaselwa kwansuku zonke ngabaphikisi – ukuzama ukumisa ukuvukela umbuso okwakwenziwe yi-US.
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U-Ann Wright usebenze iminyaka engama-29 e-US Army futhi wathatha umhlalaphansi njengoColonel. Wayengusomaqhinga waseMelika iminyaka engu-16 futhi wasula emsebenzini ngoMashi 2003 ephikisana nempi eyayilwa ne-Iraq. Ungumbhali-mbumbulu wencwadi ethi “Dissent: Voices of Conscience.”
