{"id":50238,"date":"2025-11-17T19:46:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T19:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/50238\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T19:46:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T19:46:14","slug":"photos-in-st-pete-activists-rally-against-us-conflict-with-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/50238\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: In St. Pete, activists rally against US conflict with Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AA coalition of activist groups, including The Party for Socialism and Liberation, Students for a Democratic Society and other immigrant rights groups rallied together and protested the United States military\u2019s deployment and targeting of suspected drug trafficking boats which has resulted in the deaths off all crew members in the Caribbean. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

Over 50 demonstrators gathered by Mirror Lake protesting the U.S. military forces off the coast of Venezuela. They said they are\u00a0frustrated with these actions by the Trump Administration and want the U.S. to stay away
Multiple demonstrators said this is another example of the Trump Administration trying to escalate military forces. They said this is asserting dominance on an existing issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump has said these vessels are transporting drugs in the U.S., but demonstrators said this is a lie.<\/p>\n

Adam Shils is a Pinellas resident who said this is just another distraction by the administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t because of any drug danger from Venezuela. As a matter of fact, there is very little drug movement from Venezuela into the United States. It\u2019s about the U.S. reasserting itself as a global power,\u201d Shils said while holding a sign saying this is about oil.<\/p>\n

Multiple demonstrators agreed with Shils that this is not about drugs. Leo Gonzalez is a community organizer of the Party for Socialism and Liberation and he said this has happened to Panama and Nicaragua.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe us used drugs as an excuse to cause interference and put a public government on behalf the the united states and I think this is whats going to happen here,\u201d Gonzalez said.<\/p>\n

He said there have been over 37 fishermen deaths caused by the airstrikes.<\/p>\n

\u201cNeither the administration or the Venezuelan government has provided any information that these were drug boats,\u201d Gonozlez said.<\/p>\n

He also said\u00a0the escalation of military use by the U.S. is unacceptable and the government should be focusing on what is happening here, instead of wars abroad.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Another demonstrator, Daniel Meininger of Students for a Democratic Society said this is illegal and violates international law.<\/p>\n

\u201cCongress has already tried to introduce War Powers resolutions, which have failed, and so it\u2019s going to rely on us, the people, to be able to fight back,\u201d He said.<\/p>\n

After listening to multiple speakers, demonstrators began marching downtown, chanting U.S. out of Venezuela and holding signs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"Protest signs lay on the ground as a coalition of activist groups, including The Party for Socialism and Liberation, Students for a Democratic Society and other immigrant rights groups rallied together and protested the United States military\u2019s deployment and targeting of suspected drug trafficking boats which has resulted in the deaths off all crew members in the Caribbean. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"A coalition of activist groups, including The Party for Socialism and Liberation, Students for a Democratic Society and other immigrant rights groups rallied together and protested the United States military\u2019s deployment and targeting of suspected drug trafficking boats which has resulted in the deaths off all crew members in the Caribbean. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"A coalition of activist groups, including The Party for Socialism and Liberation, Students for a Democratic Society and other immigrant rights groups rallied together and protested the United States military\u2019s deployment and targeting of suspected drug trafficking boats which has resulted in the deaths off all crew members in the Caribbean. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"A coalition of activist groups, including The Party for Socialism and Liberation, Students for a Democratic Society and other immigrant rights groups rallied together and protested the United States military\u2019s deployment and targeting of suspected drug trafficking boats which has resulted in the deaths off all crew members in the Caribbean. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"A coalition of activist groups, including The Party for Socialism and Liberation, Students for a Democratic Society and other immigrant rights groups rallied together and protested the United States military\u2019s deployment and targeting of suspected drug trafficking boats which has resulted in the deaths off all crew members in the Caribbean. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"A coalition of activist groups, including The Party for Socialism and Liberation, Students for a Democratic Society and other immigrant rights groups rallied together and protested the United States military\u2019s deployment and targeting of suspected drug trafficking boats which has resulted in the deaths off all crew members in the Caribbean. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"A coalition of activist groups, including The Party for Socialism and Liberation, Students for a Democratic Society and other immigrant rights groups rallied together and protested the United States military\u2019s deployment and targeting of suspected drug trafficking boats which has resulted in the deaths off all crew members in the Caribbean. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"A coalition of activist groups, including The Party for Socialism and Liberation, Students for a Democratic Society and other immigrant rights groups rallied together and protested the United States military\u2019s deployment and targeting of suspected drug trafficking boats which has resulted in the deaths off all crew members in the Caribbean. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"A coalition of activist groups, including The Party for Socialism and Liberation, Students for a Democratic Society and other immigrant rights groups rallied together and protested the United States military\u2019s deployment and targeting of suspected drug trafficking boats which has resulted in the deaths off all crew members in the Caribbean. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"A reactionary individual heckles the group as a coalition of activist groups, including The Party for Socialism and Liberation, Students for a Democratic Society and other immigrant rights groups rallied together and protested the United States military\u2019s deployment and targeting of suspected drug trafficking boats which has resulted in the deaths off all crew members in the Caribbean. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"A coalition of activist groups, including The Party for Socialism and Liberation, Students for a Democratic Society and other immigrant rights groups rallied together and protested the United States military\u2019s deployment and targeting of suspected drug trafficking boats which has resulted in the deaths off all crew members in the Caribbean. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"A coalition of activist groups, including The Party for Socialism and Liberation, Students for a Democratic Society and other immigrant rights groups rallied together and protested the United States military\u2019s deployment and targeting of suspected drug trafficking boats which has resulted in the deaths off all crew members in the Caribbean. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"A coalition of activist groups, including The Party for Socialism and Liberation, Students for a Democratic Society and other immigrant rights groups rallied together and protested the United States military\u2019s deployment and targeting of suspected drug trafficking boats which has resulted in the deaths off all crew members in the Caribbean. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"A coalition of activist groups, including The Party for Socialism and Liberation, Students for a Democratic Society and other immigrant rights groups rallied together and protested the United States military\u2019s deployment and targeting of suspected drug trafficking boats which has resulted in the deaths off all crew members in the Caribbean. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"A coalition of activist groups, including The Party for Socialism and Liberation, Students for a Democratic Society and other immigrant rights groups rallied together and protested the United States military\u2019s deployment and targeting of suspected drug trafficking boats which has resulted in the deaths off all crew members in the Caribbean. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"A coalition of activist groups, including The Party for Socialism and Liberation, Students for a Democratic Society and other immigrant rights groups rallied together and protested the United States military\u2019s deployment and targeting of suspected drug trafficking boats which has resulted in the deaths off all crew members in the Caribbean. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"A coalition of activist groups, including The Party for Socialism and Liberation, Students for a Democratic Society and other immigrant rights groups rallied together and protested the United States military\u2019s deployment and targeting of suspected drug trafficking boats which has resulted in the deaths off all crew members in the Caribbean. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"A coalition of activist groups, including The Party for Socialism and Liberation, Students for a Democratic Society and other immigrant rights groups rallied together and protested the United States military\u2019s deployment and targeting of suspected drug trafficking boats which has resulted in the deaths off all crew members in the Caribbean. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

\"\"A coalition of activist groups, including The Party for Socialism and Liberation, Students for a Democratic Society and other immigrant rights groups rallied together and protested the United States military\u2019s deployment and targeting of suspected drug trafficking boats which has resulted in the deaths off all crew members in the Caribbean. Credit: Dave Decker \/ Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

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