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mo4ch:>US cuts off power to Venezuelan Embassy with activists besieged inside | Mo4ch News

The Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC was plunged into darkness after the US authorities shut down power in the building. The anti-coup activists hunkered down inside say they are not leaving despite the blackout.After weeks of tense standoff between the 'Embassy Civilian Protection Collective' and supporters of US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido outside the Venezuelan diplomatic compound, the US authorities attempted to drive the temporary occupants out by depriving them of electricity.In a statement on Twitter posted by one of the group's members, independent journalist Alex Rubinstein, an activist says that the loss of electric power won't coerce them into abandoning their mission – to protect the embassy from a takeover by Juan Guaido appointees."We expected this, we've prepared for it and we are not living," the activist is seen saying in total darkness, his face lit by a candle.He compared the shutdown to the alleged US attacks on Venezuela&#…