Latin support for Venezuelan Nobel winner as US defends boat strikes
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Supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado held rallies across South America ahead of her Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony next week.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended US air strikes on suspected drug boats linked to Venezuela.
Critics call the military action unlawful and designed to destabilise the country.
Peru - where Venezuelan dissidents sing the praises of Nobel Peace Prize Winner Maria Corina Machado outside their nation's embassy.
Ahead of the official prize ceremony for Machado on Wednesday in Oslo these supporters chanting that their opposition leader is recognised and revered across the region.
In another South America nation the same message: "Together for freedom".
Nancy Hoyer, a Venezuelan living in Argentina, waving her nation's flag, saying:
"We are in capital cities supporting the Noble Laureate, our leader."
Crowds chanting in Chile and one asking the US to kill the current Venezuelan President.
Nicolas Maduro has ruled for twelve years.
The US has been accused of trying to topple Maduro from power with strikes on suspected Venezuelan vessels smuggling drugs.
Activist Maria de Los Angeles Morales says if that is what it takes for change in Venezuela she's all for it: "It is the regime that doesn't say goodbye," she says, "Get out! we don't want you. There is freedom if Maria is present. Not an invasion. The US does not want oil. It is about freeing us from narco-terrorists."
Not everyone agrees with US intervention.
In Cuba, solidarity with "Our friend Maduro."
Shouts against "US hostility."
Cuba's Foreign Affairs Minister at the front of the march alongside Venezuela's ambassador in Havana as they denounce the targeting of small boats with air strikes that have killed at least 87 people.
These protesters are against the American military build-up in the Caribbean as the US defends its actions.
Defence Secretary of the US Pete Hegseth saying: "We've been focused and here we've been clear, if you're working for a designated terrorist organisation and you bring drugs to this country in a boat, we will find you and we will sink you."
Hegseth saying there must be no doubt President Trump takes decisive military action as he sees fit.
