Prelude
In May 1979 a bus carrying several people crashed through the gates of the Peruvian embassy in the upscale Havana suburb of Miramar. This was the first of several instances of forced entry into the Venezuelan and Peruvian Embassies, that took place between 1979 and early 1980, by groups of people seeking political asylum.
The use of vehicles as battering rams was common. The general population did not have access to a foreign mission without express consent of the authorities.
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