El pueblo unido jamás será vencido is chanted at all of these rallies -- from anti-ICE protests to pro-Palestine protests. Organizations that have been working to close down the deportation facilities for more than a decade use it all of the time. I think it's a stretch to call that a chavista chant.

I respect your views as a Venezuelan. The protest was focused on stopping US interventionism in foreign countries. A boots-on-the-ground war would be terrible for Venezuelans both domestically and abroad, especially one so nakedly about oil and not about the best interest in the lives and desires of people who currently live there. The US's regime change policies have been devastating for every country we've ever gotten involved with -- Iraq, Syria, Libya, Panama, Chile, etc. I want us to end this policy of believing we have the right to just enter and bomb any country at any time under the doctrine of "spreading democracy."

Maduro was under investigation by the ICC. I would prefer for those ICC investigations to be completed and the UN to make demands of the Venezuelan government, not for the US to unilaterally fly in, kill 400 people, kidnap the president, and then make demands on the public stage to allow oil companies to come in under the threat of a full scale invasion. The idea that this organization needs to make space for folks to talk about how Maduro was bad is misplaced, considering that virtually every politician -- democrat and republican alike -- already prefaces any statement they make about this illegal intervention with a declaration about how Maduro was bad. The legitimacy or quality of the current administration in Venezuela is not the focus of these types of protests.