U.S. breaks international law, seizing Venezuelan Embassy and arresting guests
NOVANEWS
By Liberation
The Embassy Protection Collective held their ground for five weeks inside, at the invitation of the Venezuelan government. Federal agents broke down the door on May 16.
On May 16, the U.S. government committed a major violation of international law that was barely reported in the mainstream media. Federal agents broke down the door to the Venezuelan Embassy, arrested and removed the people living inside (at the invitation of the Venezuelan government). The Trump administration then handed the building over to an operative chosen by the United States to represent the country with no legal standing in Venezuela itself. Under international law — 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, articles 22 and 45 — a host country is prohibited from invasion ...