Weekend Edition | Global Protests Tell Trump and His Cronies: 'Hands Off Venezuela'
Sunday, January 4, 2026 ■ Today's Top News Global Protests Tell Trump and His Cronies: 'Hands Off Venezuela' "This is militarized authoritarianism," said one advocacy group. "We must act to stop it now, before it spreads to enflame the entire region, if not the entire globe, in a dangerous, unnecessary conflict." By Jake Johnson Protests broke out at US diplomatic outposts across the globe Saturday and Sunday following the Trump administration’s deadly attack on Venezuela and abduction of the nation’s president, brazen violations of international law that— according to the American president—were just the start of a sustained intervention in Venezuela’s politics and oil industry. Demonstrators took to the streets of Brussels, Madrid, Ankara, Mexico City, Los Angeles, and other major cities worldwide to voice opposition to the US assault on Venezuela and Trump administration officials’ pledge to “run” the country...