Roger Waters denounces the seat of the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington

The British musician Roger Waters broadcast on social media a video recorded on May 11 in which he showed his support for the militants remaining at the Venezuelan embbady in Washington, in favor of President Nicolás Maduro, to prevent the "death penalty". entry of illegally appointed staff by self-proclaimed president, Juan Guaidó.

In the recording, in which he appears in the dark and with a candle to show his solidarity with the people who remain without light in the Venezuelan political seat of the US capital, the artist claimed that he there were "people threatening these militants and thus trying to create a blockade of the embbady" – which is the "sovereign territory" of Venezuela – to expel said individuals from the good.

In this context, Waters recalled the steps already taken to persuade them to leave the political seat, such as the actions of other activists, backed by the US government, who prevent the delivery of food in the building and the cut of food. electricity commissioned by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, followed by the shutdown of the drinking water supply.

The actions of US authorities are "totally illegal and contravene all international laws," said the musician, adding that "the Venezuelan Embbady is the sovereign property of the Venezuelan people" and the authorities of this South American country .

In the same video, published with the tag #TrumpUnblockVenezuela (#TrumpDesbloqueaVenezuela, in English) with which the Net surfers denounce the consequences of the American sanctions on Caracas, he underlined that Washington had already tried several times to overthrow the army. of the Government of Venezuela in recent weeks. However, all these coup attempts "have failed miserably because the Venezuelan people believe in the Bolivarian Revolution and have absolutely no intention of entrusting this system to a puppet like Guaidó," Waters said.

The musician accused the opposition MP of "being prepared" to "behave like a puppet" in favor of the US government, which "never overcame the fact" that their societies have lost control of Venezuelan oil with the arrival Hugo Chávez to power and since then they are trying to recover it.

"If you let Pompeo, Trump and the others and Abrams get away with it, they will not stop anywhere, you have to stop them," he said.

What is happening at the embbady?

Diplomatic headquarters has been the scene of tension since the beginning of the month, when supporters of Guaidó tried to seize him.

Given this fact, Venezuela has asked the United States to protect its diplomatic headquarters in the US capital, in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, just as the Bolivarian government keeps the diplomatic facility from Washington to Caracas .

"If we had to do it here, what would you say?" Asked Wednesday in his TV show Diosdado Cabello, president of the National Constituent Assembly, in solidarity with North American groups remaining at the diplomatic headquarters.

The siege, according to denounce, began May 1, from a "violent crowd of supporters of Guaidó". "Maduro is the president recognized by the UN, not Guaidó, and Guaidó's representatives are not entitled to the embbady," activists of the Pacifist Code Pink organization said.

RT.