Overview
- Venezuelan communities rallied in Doral, Florida, Madrid’s Puerta del Sol, Medellín and other cities, waving flags, singing the national anthem and voicing hopes of return after years of crisis.
- Spanish authorities estimated roughly 2,500–3,000 people gathered in central Madrid, while celebrations were also reported from Colombia and Peru, including Medellín and Trujillo.
- Counter‑demonstrations denouncing U.S. intervention drew hundreds in Barcelona and sparked tense but mostly verbal confrontations outside U.S. and Venezuelan diplomatic sites in Mexico City.
- Many in the diaspora expressed mixed emotions, balancing joy over the detention with fear for relatives and unease about reported attacks in Venezuela and what may follow.
- Inside Venezuela, residents were seen taking down public images of Maduro, underscoring fast‑moving symbolic shifts even as questions over political control and any transition remain unresolved.