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CodePink’s Medea Benjamin Disrupts Venezuelan Opposition Event in D.C.

HeadlineFeb 22, 2019

Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C., Medea Benjamin, the co-founder of the peace group CodePink, disrupted an event in Washington, D.C., where Guaidó’s envoy to the United States spoke.

Medea Benjamin: “Excuse me. Just as you are trying to take over the Venezuelan government, I want to say these people are a fraud. They don’t represent the Venezuelan people. They are representing the U.S.-orchestrated coup. This is a very dangerous situation. They want to create a crisis at the border that would be a justification for U.S. intervention. This has nothing to do with a humanitarian situation.”

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