{"id":2531092,"date":"2026-01-07T16:30:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T21:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hands-off-venezuela-demonstrations-kick-off-worldwide\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T16:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T21:32:14","slug":"hands-off-venezuela-demonstrations-kick-off-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hands-off-venezuela-demonstrations-kick-off-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Hands off Venezuela&#8217; demonstrations kick off worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhands-off-venezuela-demonstrations-kick-off-worldwide%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2531092&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Worldwide demonstrations erupted in response to the U.S. military operation in Venezuela, Operation Absolute Resolve, in which Army Delta Force forces briefly invaded Caracas, captured former leader Nicol\u00e1s Maduro adn his wife Cilia Flores, and left after about two hours. The assault included seven missile strikes that killed roughly 80 Venezuelans; the Associated Press reported at least 24 members of Maduro&#8217;s security team where also killed &#8211; which Secretary of State Marco Rubio said were Cuban.<\/p>\n<p>Protests using the slogan &#8220;Hands off Venezuela&#8221; and hashtags like #BringThemBack spread across europe,Asia,and the Americas. Murals and social media framed maduro and Flores as &#8220;prisoners of war.&#8221; Large demonstrations were reported outside U.S. embassies in Manila and Seoul, in Rome, and in the U.K. (over two thousand at Downing Street and additional rallies in multiple British cities). Signs called for U.S.troops to leave and accused President Trump of imperialism and war crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Maduro and Flores face U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pam-bondi-offers-50-million-reward-for-arrest-of-a-foreign-president\/\" title=\"Pam Bondi Offers  Million Re...d for Arrest of a Foreign President\">charges including narco-terrorism<\/a> and cocaine-importation conspiracies; both pleaded not guilty in the Southern District of new York. Simultaneously occurring, Rubio said the U.S. is enforcing a quarantine on Venezuela&#8217;s oil as part of its policy, and President Trump announced Venezuela would supply between 30 million and 50 million barrels of oil to the U.S.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">&lsquo;Hands off Venezuela&rsquo; demonstrations kick off worldwide<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2465966\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Protests around the world formed against the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/4400169\/what-to-know-about-the-u-s-strikes-on-venezuela-and-maduros-fall\/\">United States&rsquo;s operation in Venezuela<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Operation Absolute Resolve started and ended Saturday when the Army&rsquo;s Delta Force invaded Caracas, Venezuela, and captured former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. The city also suffered seven missile strikes, which resulted in the deaths of 80 Venezuelans. <\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4410187\/venezuela-government-dissidents-crackdown\/\">Venezuelan government hunts down dissidents in post-strike crackdown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3279344\/why-trump-is-likely-so-interested-in-greenland\/\">Why Trump is likely so interested in Greenland<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4409534\/trump-always-support-nato-despite-plans-invade-buy-greenland\/\">Trump says US will always support NATO despite plans to invade or buy Greenland<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/us-venezuela-trump-maduro-updates-01-06-2026\"><em>The Associated Press<\/em><\/a>  reported that at least 24 members of Maduro&rsquo;s security team were also killed. These members were all Cuban, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4406218\/us-forces-kill-maduro-security-team\/\">according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>By Wednesday, #BringThemBack was trending online in both English and Spanish. Murals popped up around Venezuela with the slogan. Some murals also included the phrase &ldquo;nosotros veneceremos,&rdquo; which means &ldquo;we will win&rdquo; in Spanish. Social media posts referred to Maduro and Flores as &ldquo;prisoners of war.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Venezuela En la calle haciendo murales en defensa de nuestro presidente Nicol&aacute;s Maduro y la primera dama Cilia Flores<br \/>los Queremos De Vueltas &#127483;&#127466;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PrisionersOfWar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PrisionersOfWar<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BringThemBack?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BringThemBack<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LosQueremosDeVuelta?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LosQueremosDeVuelta<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gaprfSAOq5\">pic.twitter.com\/gaprfSAOq5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ronny Hernandez (@ronnyhern30) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ronnyhern30\/status\/2008881770922750024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Outside of Venezuela, signs that read &ldquo;Hands off Venezuela,&rdquo; the same slogan used in protests based in the U.S., were all over Rome, Italy. These signs, translated in Italian, included a hand with a stars-and-stripes sleeve to represent the U.S.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Roma no es la excepci&oacute;n. Desde Europa hasta Asia, la solidaridad global crece. Nicol&aacute;s Maduro no <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >es solo nuestro presidente<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/communist-candidate-wins-chile-presidential-election-after-year-of-leftist-mob-violence\/\" title=\"Communist Candidate Wins Chile Presidential Election After Year of ...ist Mob Violence\">hoy es el<\/a> s&iacute;mbolo mundial de la resistencia antiimperialista. Exigimos su liberaci&oacute;n YA. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PrisionersOfWar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PrisionersOfWar<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BringThemBack?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BringThemBack<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LosQueremosDeVuelta?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LosQueremosDeVuelta<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HhYjW10W0l\">pic.twitter.com\/HhYjW10W0l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marcos Alejos (@alejosmarcos3) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alejosmarcos3\/status\/2008879224267157926?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In the Philippines, protesters demonstrated outside of the U.S. embassy in Manila on Monday. Their signs read, &ldquo;Stop the war on Venezuela,&rdquo; and, &ldquo;No to imperialist aggression.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Another sign read &ldquo;U.S. troops out now,&rdquo; but the Delta Force operatives left Venezuela within two hours of arriving in the nation&rsquo;s capital.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Protesters hold slogans as they denounce the U.S. government and President Donald Trump after the U.S. captured former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro during a rally near the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines, on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. (AP Photo\/Aaron Favila)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Protesters hold slogans as they denounce the U.S. government and President Donald Trump after the U.S. captured former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro during a rally near the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. (AP Photo\/Aaron Favila)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>More protesters gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, under signs that bore the &ldquo;Hands off&rdquo; slogan. Other signs called President Donald Trump a war criminal.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Maduro and Flores are facing narco-terrorism conspiracy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-concha-says-venezuela-critics-are-living-festivus-every-day\/\" title=\"Joe Concha says ... critics are living \u2018Festivus every day\u2019\">cocaine-importation conspiracy<\/a>, and weapons charges. Both <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4406772\/maduro-pleads-not-guilty-new-york-drug-charges\/\">pleaded not guilty<\/a> in the Southern District of New York on Monday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Protesters hold signs denouncing the U.S. military operation against Venezuela, near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo\/Lee Jin-man)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Anti*Capitalist Resistance and the Fourth International <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/anticapitalistresistance.org\/us-hands-off-venezuela\/\">reported over two thousand protesters<\/a> at Downing Street in London, England, on Monday. This was the second protest in London since the operation. Additional protests occurred in Glasgow, Cardiff, Newcastle, Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Bristol, and Brighton.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio reported that the U.S. has a quarantine on Venezuela&rsquo;s oil while the Trump administration is &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4406128\/rubio-run-venezuela-policy-maduro\/\">running policy<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4408061\/who-funds-groups-protesting-america-capture-maduro\/\"><strong>HERE&rsquo;S WHO FUNDS THE GROUPS PROTESTING AMERICA&rsquo;S CAPTURE OF MADURO<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is running this policy, and the goal of the policy is to see changes in Venezuela that are beneficial to the United States, first and foremost, because that&rsquo;s who we work for, but also we believe beneficial for the people of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/venezuela\/\">Venezuela<\/a> who have suffered tremendously,&rdquo; Rubio said on NBC News&rsquo;s <em>Meet the Press<\/em> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Venezuelan authorities will provide between 30 million and 50 million <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4409129\/trump-venezuela-turn-over-sanctioned-oil\/\">barrels of oil<\/a> to the U.S., Trump announced Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global &#8216;Hands off Venezuela&#8217; rallies begin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2531093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26005520497322.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[70341,3970,50813],"class_list":["post-2531092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-international-solidarity","tag-protests","tag-venezuela-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26005520497322.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2531092"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2531096,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531092\/revisions\/2531096"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2531093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2531092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2531092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2531092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}