The demonstration this weekend began at Paseo Bulnes, in the center of the capital, and concluded with a rally at the monument to Simón Bolívar on Alameda Avenue.

Several speakers condemned the U.S. attack on Venezuela on January 3, which resulted in the kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.

They also denounced the war launched by Washington and Israel on January 28 against Iran, which has already caused hundreds of deaths, adding to other aggressions in the Middle East and the genocide against the Palestinian people.

The demonstrators expressed their solidarity with the government and people of Cuba, who have endured the U.S. economic, commercial, and financial blockade for almost 65 years, now intensified by an oil embargo that is causing serious harm to the population.

“Today I especially want to greet the people of Cuba, a people I deeply love and who are an example of resistance for the whole world. All my solidarity goes out to them,” the troubadour Francisco “Pancho” Villa told Prensa Latina.

Stefano Cordano, a member of the Socialist Union of Labor, which brings together young students and workers, condemned the attacks on Iran, Palestine, and other countries.

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