Last weekend, protests erupted simultaneously in a series of major US cities such as Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Seattle. Crowds gathered carrying banners to express strong opposition to the risk of a new war and considered the campaign to arrest President Nicolas Maduro in the early morning of January 3 as an illegal act.
In Chicago, Mr. Andy Thayer of the Anti-War and Racism Committee shared with ABC that indigenous people are always the biggest victims whenever the US attacks another country, similar to lessons from Iraq or Libya before.
Meanwhile in Seattle, crowds belonging to the "Immediate Action to Prevent War" group raised messages such as "Don't Swap Blood for Oil" and "Stop Bombing Venezuela Immediately".
Many protesters argue that President Donald Trump has no authority to launch this attack without the approval of Congress.
Taylor Young, a protest organizer, said they took to the streets to show solidarity with a country whose sovereignty is being violated by the taxes of the American people.
In Philadelphia, representative of the Code Pink group, Ms. Olivia DiNucci, expressed concern about Washington's approach. She shared that it is difficult to understand when the US expels Venezuelan neighbors back to their homeland, right at a time when the situation there is becoming tense due to US military activities themselves.
The focus of attention is currently on New York, where President Nicolas Maduro is being detained in a center in Brooklyn and is expected to appear in federal court on the afternoon of January 5.
Outside the prison, a group of protesters gathered and chanted slogans "Free Mr. Maduro now", despite the fact that many people in the overseas Venezuelan community supported his overthrow.
On the political side, the reaction is also deeply divided. Republican senators continue to praise Mr. Trump's decisive action. Conversely, Democratic Party leaders and many international organizations have spoken out criticizing the US President for ignoring the supervisory role of Congress and violating the United Nations Charter on the use of force.
