Calls for Maduro’s Release as Venezuelans Take to the Streets in Protest | WPN World People News

Recently, the U.S. military arrested Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and transferred him to New York to stand trial on drug-related charges. On the 3rd, several thousand Venezuelans marched and demonstrated in the capital, Caracas, demanding that the United States release Maduro.

The march, called for by the Venezuelan government, stretched for several hundred meters. Protesters chanted slogans such as “Venezuela needs Maduro” in the streets of Caracas. Many of the demonstrators were public-sector workers.

Venezuela’s acting president, Rodríguez, is a staunch supporter of Maduro and previously served as his vice president. U.S. President Trump stated that he would be willing to work with Rodríguez if she agreed to open up Venezuela’s vast oil reserves. Under immense pressure, Rodríguez began releasing political prisoners and opening Venezuela’s nationalized oil and gas industry to private investment.

The U.S. special envoy, Laura Dogu, recently arrived in Venezuela, restoring diplomatic relations between the two countries that had been severed in 2019 under Maduro.