Madrid, January 4 (Prensa Latina) Spain paused its usual activities amidst holidays and a cold snap to mobilize for Venezuela in rejection of US intervention and the imprisonment of Nicolas Maduro. Although there were some demonstrations last night in Bilbao, Zaragoza, Navarre, and Valencia, a large gathering took place this Sunday near the US Embassy in Madrid.

Thousands of people peacefully packed in front of the diplomatic mission, which was heavily guarded by the Civil Guard and the police, in response to a call from the Committee Against NATO and Military Bases and the Antifascist International.

“Yankees hands off Venezuela,” “Stop US interference in the world and with respect for the sovereignty of Latin American peoples,” were some of the slogans chanted by the demonstrators.

Along with Venezuelan flags, they also displayed the Palestinian flag and denounced Israel’s genocide in Gaza and NATO’s growing belligerence, with the complicity of the European Union (EU).

Araceli Escudero, an activist with the Bolivarian Solidarity Platform and friendship groups with Cuba, described Sunday’s demonstration in front of the U.S. Embassy in the Spanish capital as a complete success.

“It’s been a long time since we’ve seen so many people at a demonstration of this nature. What has happened in Venezuela violates all rights and could ignite all of Latin America and the Caribbean,” she told Prensa Latina.

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