U.S. Hands Off Venezuela! No Deportations!
Forty people demonstrated at downtown Miami’s Torch of Friendship on the evening of Tuesday, December 23, 2025, against Washington’s accelerating moves towards war on Venezuela. The protesters rallied at the call of a newly formed Miami Hands Off Venezuela Coalition. The Coalition’s two points of unity in action are U.S. Hands Off Venezuela! and No Deportations!
The turnout was particularly remarkable as that the action had originally been scheduled for the same time but at the Miami International Airport’s “First Amendment” area. A permit had been granted on Friday by airport authorities. But organizers received notice only one day before the event that this permit had been cancelled at political levels above the day-to-day administrators of the airport.
Anticipating that under conditions where the blood and guts of the drive towards war in Washington, DC would likely seep down into Miami’s notoriously corrupt political machinery, a backup permit had been secured.
Organizations that individuals who launched the new coalition included: Miami Coalition to End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba, Miami-Dade Green Party, Casa Colombianidad, National Lawyers Guild, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Diaspora Pal’ante Collective, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Miami Democratic Socialists of America, Black Alliance for Peace-South, and Jose Marti Cultural Association.
The demonstration was well received by passersby. There was only one minor incident of confrontation with two individuals that was quickly isolated and peacefully handled by volunteer marshals.
Many participants expressed a certain pride in having helped build such a united action at a key juncture in the start-up to war against the peoples of Venezuela, Cuba, and the broader Caribbean.
—Facebook, December 24, 2025
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