"Protests bubbled up in several US cities over the weekend as people demonstrated against the Trump administration's unilateral military intervention in Venezuela even as many in the diaspora publicly celebrated the forced removal of president Nicolas Maduro. Gatherings took place as crowds expressed opposition to a potential war with Venezuela and to declare illegal the US operation to snatch Maduro early on Saturday and bring him to the US to face drug-trafficking charges in court."
"Maduro is due to appear in federal court in New York at noon local time on Monday. Demonstrators marched down Market Street to United Nations Plaza in San Francisco to protest against Trump's military actions in Venezuela, on Saturday. Photograph: John G Mabanglo/EPA Hundreds of people came out to protest in large cities coast to coast, including Chicago, Dallas, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Seattle."
"Whether it's Saddam Hussein's Iraq or the Taliban in Afghanistan, Panama, Libya, you name it. Whenever the United States attacks another country like this, it's the peoples of those countries who suffer the most, Andy Thayer of the Chicago Committee Against War and Racism said to a local ABC affiliate at a protest that drew several hundred. Others argued that Donald Trump did not have authority to launch such a strike on Venezuela, at least without approval from Congress."
Large protests occurred across multiple US cities as people opposed the Trump administration's unilateral military operation in Venezuela and the forced removal of President Nicolas Maduro. Crowds expressed concern about a potential war, called the operation illegal, and demanded congressional approval for such military action. Senior Democrats criticized the bypassing of Congress, and international leaders said the US breached the United Nations charter. Demonstrators held signs reading "No Blood for Oil" and "Stop Bombing Venezuela Now!" Maduro is scheduled to appear in federal court in New York at noon on Monday to face drug-trafficking charges.
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