The chant rang out across Portland’s Longfellow Square on Saturday afternoon, where over 100 people gathered to protest President Trump’s early morning strike against Venezuela, which resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. “The measures taken against Maduro and the Venezuelan government were extreme and violent, and the administration is trying to keep it covert that they’re committing violent acts on the international stage.” Platner called the move an “illegal invasion of a sovereign nation,” and said President Trump’s reasoning for the attack was to “put Venezuelan oil resources into the hands of United States companies.”
Author: Sydney Richelieu
Published at: 2026-01-03 22:13:35
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