RYAN HAMILTON-DAVIS

Venezuelan Ambassador Álvaro Enrique Sánchez Cordero joined protesters made up of a host of social and political groups, including the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) led by David Abdulah and activist Abeo Jackson, in solidarity with President Nicolas Maduro and the Venezuelan government, calling for Maduro’s immediate release and an end to years of financial suffocation through sanctions.

“This is a political kidnapping designed to terrorise a nation that refuses to surrender,” Cordero said at the protest, at the Venezuelan Embassy on Victoria Avenue, Port of Spain, on January 4.