Overview
- About 400 anti-intervention demonstrators gathered outside the Venezuelan consulate at Plaza Urquinaona, according to Guardia Urbana.
- Roughly 250 people rallied at Arc de Triomf in support of the capture, singing Venezuela’s national anthem and displaying flags.
- Protesters opposing the U.S. action chanted Bolivarian slogans, held banners reading “Yankees out of Latin America,” and burned U.S. flags.
- The Asamblea Bolivariana de Cataluña organized the anti-intervention event, and CUP figures joined, with spokesperson Su Moreno urging Spain’s government to take a position and break relations with the United States.
- Police reported only a brief initial confrontation before the groups were separated, and reporting cited President Donald Trump’s statement that the operation resulted in no injuries.