HD Footage: Here's what happened as @BrianBeckerDC of @answercoalition attempted to speak at his press conference outside the Venezuelan Embassy. No arrests, but police shoved everyone tight together as Guaidó folk attempted to deplatform them with noisemakers. pic.twitter.com/fAWKAEHzxo

Media wanted to hear more from @medeabenjamin of @codepink, but it was impossible to hear her over the noisemakers. She tried to flee a block west of the embassy but was followed by continuous noise-makers. pic.twitter.com/OoJoXGgxRw

The chase brought them into Baked and Wired, a popular coffee shop a block and a half west of the embassy. @codepink was followed in by their rivals, and the store's manager asked them to quit shouting over her, even though he's sympathetic with their side. pic.twitter.com/NSrMPDGc9V

The Baked and Wired manager allowed @medeabenjamin to speak briefly to the press inside. Medea condemned the conditions that the Embassy Protection Collective is stuck with absent food, meds and electricity inside the #VenezuelaEmbassy. pic.twitter.com/yH9wwnL3oa

The group left after one @codepink activist dressed as John Bolton did his best Bolton impression. "We need to hurry up with this war!" "You need to get out" said the store manager, and the activists complied. pic.twitter.com/VwaQQhNR8w

Here's the full, uncut video of the @codepink / @answercoalition press conference earlier, which spanned a couple blocks and a coffee shop when pro-Guaidó activists attempted to interrupt it. youtube.com/watch?v=Jke69-…

Just now: @medeabenjamin took a venture into the anti-Maduro activists’ encampment next to and behind the embassy, trying to talk. While she walked in, people called her “terrorist! Terrorist!” pic.twitter.com/jli2zNyCkb

Things de-escalated. The total interaction was about 20 minutes, but here’s the most I can fit from the end of it in a single tweet. The anti-Maduro folk say they, like @codepink, don’t favor US intervention. The disagreement here is over if Guaidó is or isn’t a result of it. pic.twitter.com/jBKofKsW2x

With that agreement in mind, @medeabenjamin was able to shake hands with one person she debated, but refused by another. Between that and no violence, maybe a step toward peaceful resolution. pic.twitter.com/ilimKHB4Ei

The question for the activists, which both sides consider themselves anti-imperialist is who here is imperialist?: -The side with American folks occupying another nation’s embassy Or -The folks whose leader is backed by the United States.

So Baked & Wired, the coffee shop that inadvertently became the center of a press conference in the standoff earlier, wants to make peace with both sides. Some of their staff just came to each side of the street to deliver both boxes of cupcakes. pic.twitter.com/h869Q1XDPZ

The activists at @codepink are very excited to see @marcorubio just tweeted at them (condemning them, of course.) #VenezuelanEmbassy #Venezuela #MarcoRubio mobile.twitter.com/marcorubio/sta… pic.twitter.com/uD4asLHKtm

A little puppet show being played by the @codepink / @answercoalition folks inside the embassy, dancing to music played by the Guaidó folks. pic.twitter.com/pD6lwhJFN7

Things are slowing down here at the Venezuelan Embassy. One activist/embassy occupier from @codepink is holding a sign out the window that condemns US sanctions. Anti-Maduro folk shining strobe light at her. pic.twitter.com/4s8aQT7mxN

At this point I’m gonna call it a night and head home. Anti-Maduro folk will be shining lights, shouting, and banging pots and pans to keep the @codepink / @answercoalition Embassy occupiers awake, but they’ll have to stop from 10pm to 6am due to dc law. pic.twitter.com/rQ70nGEbJf