"The demonstration, which occurred at the junction of Elgin Road and Pembroke Road in the Ballsbridge area of the city, came a week after US forces entered Venezuela to capture its president Nicolas Maduro. Some of those gathered waved Venezuelan, Cuban and Palestinian flags, chanting slogans against US imperialism. The crowd also chanted "US out of Venezuela" and "hands off Venezuela"."
"At one stage, a smaller group of Venezuelan counter-protesters formed a group in front of the media and said they were grateful to Mr Trump and the US for removing Mr Maduro from power, describing him as a "tyrant". Ms McAliskey said she expected those Venezuelans to "live long enough that they will curse the tongue in your head that ever blessed imperialism", which she said was the reason for poverty in Venezuela in the first place."
The demonstration occurred at the junction of Elgin Road and Pembroke Road in Ballsbridge a week after US forces entered Venezuela to capture its president Nicolas Maduro. Participants waved Venezuelan, Cuban and Palestinian flags and chanted slogans against US imperialism, including "US out of Venezuela" and "hands off Venezuela". Sinn Féin and People Before Profit were represented, with PBP TD Paul Murphy and former MEP Clare Daly attending. Civil rights campaigner Bernadette McAliskey called the Trump administration "a fascist regime in the belly of the beast of US imperialism" and blamed imperialism for Venezuela's poverty. A smaller group of Venezuelan counter-protesters thanked Mr Trump and the US and described Mr Maduro as a "tyrant".
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