Four demonstrators who have been staging a protest inside the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington for weeks were arrested Thursday
, signaling a possible resolution to the extended stand-off.
Around noon, a group of police cars drove away from the building. A video posted on social media by Code Pink showed Adrienne Pine, one of the four protesters, in the back of the police car, saying “this is an illegal order that are following.” The protesters consider Nicolás Maduro to be the legitimate Venezuelan president. But the U.S. and more than 50 other countries say Maduro’s recent reelection was fraudulent and are backing congressional leader Juan Guaidó’s claim to the presidency.
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