This is democracy now democracynow.org the war and peace report. - I'm Amy Goodman with Juan Gonzalez. - On Thursday, Medea Benjamin disrupted Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's speech before the Organization of American States. - She held a sign that reads "OAS don't support a coup in Venezuela" and called Pink while security was called in to remove Medea Benjamin. - Many in the room applauded her actions. - We're joined right now by Medea Benjamin, joining us from Washington DC. - Medea explains what happened yesterday, what Mike Pompeo, the Secretary of State, was saying, and why you interrupted. - Medea interrupted because she is worried about what is about to happen in Venezuela. - She recognizes how many millions of people in Venezuela are already suffering from the economic crisis and how much worse it could get. - The US is helping to set the stage for a civil war in Venezuela, so she thought it was important to get in there and say that they have to stop this from happening. - They have to stand up and say that they believe in the principles of non-intervention and call for negotiations to end this crisis. - They don't want to follow in the footsteps of what the US is doing, which is putting pressure on the Venezuelan military to divide it and set the stage for tremendous violence. - It's important for the left in the United States to stand up and say they are against US intervention. - They call on their members of Congress and progressive leaders to take a stand. - Medea was surprised by the reaction to her protests. She is unsure if the applause was in support or to drown her out. - The OAS is very divided on Capitol Hill, but some members of Congress, like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Dick Durbin, support...
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