Overview
- In Madrid, authorities reported about 2,500 people in Puerta del Sol celebrating the detention with songs and chants for freedom.
- Barcelona saw parallel gatherings, with roughly 250 celebrating at Arc de Triomf and about 400 opposing the U.S. action outside the Venezuelan consulate, where two U.S. flags were burned, according to local police.
- In Doral, Florida, crowds assembled outside the El Arepazo restaurant before dawn to hail the operation and thank the United States, mirroring festive scenes noted by reporters in Santiago, Buenos Aires and Mendoza.
- Mexico City protests at the U.S. Embassy drew up to around 250 participants and a substantial police deployment, with isolated acts of vandalism reported and some demonstrators later moving to the Venezuelan Embassy.
- Diaspora organizers urged caution about an uncertain transition and highlighted remaining power brokers such as Diosdado Cabello and Vladimir Padrino López, as Trump and supporters cited narcoterrorism charges in the planned U.S. case.