Dozens of protestors have taken part in a rally in Belfast against the U.S actions in Venezuela.
Crowds gathered at the International Wall on the Falls Road on Monday evening as part of the ‘Hands Off Venezuela’ demonstration.
Sings held by protestors at Monday’s rally PICTURE:BRIAN LINCOLN
The rally was organised following the U.S strikes on the Venezuelan capital Caracas on Saturday, and the arrest by U.S forces of the country’s president Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores.
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll speaking at Monday evening’s rally PICTURE:BRIAN LINCOLN
President Donald Trump has said the U.S will “run” Venezuela until a “safe, proper and judicious transition” of power can be made.
Protesters at the International Wall in west Belfast PICTURE:BRIAN LINCOLN
Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as interim president at the National Assembly in Caracas on Monday, after Mr Maduro and his wife appeared before a court in New York, where they are facing charges of narco-terrorism conspiracy and weapons offences.
West Belfast People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll was a speaker at the rally.
He said in a social media post afterwards: “The US bombing of Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Maduro was a blatant imperialist attack – the latest in a long history of US violence in Latin America.
“Trump must immediately stop any intervention in Venezuela and release President Maduro. The Irish Government and Stormont Executive have shamefully refused to unequivocally condemn the attack and demand Maduro’s release – I call on them to do so urgently.”