The New York Post reported, “Several hundred demonstrators milled about waving signs reading, ‘Free President Maduro’ and ‘No War for Venezuela Oil’ in front of the downtown Manhattan courthouse where Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were set to make their first appearance before a federal judge on narco-terrorism, drug-trafficking and other charges.” “This election was an unfortunate example of the will of the people being ignored,” said Jennie Lincoln, the Center’s senior advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean, who led a team of observers on the ground as Venezuelans cast their ballots in July 2024. “The brave people of Venezuela took to the streets in 30 countries and 130 cities around the world to celebrate a huge step that marks the inevitability and imminence of the transition in Venezuela,” she wrote, according to a translation.
Author: Randy Desoto
Published at: 2026-01-05 23:21:12
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