As we reported, Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured in Venezuela and brought back to New York City to stand trial on drug conspiracy and weapons charges.
It was some perp walk as heavily armed police brought them to the courthouse in an armored truck. When it came time for his case, Maduro threw a fit, claiming he had been "kidnapped." He and his wife entered not guilty pleas.
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They had leftist fans protesting outside the courthouse, because of course they did. These folks don't really care about oppressed people, because if they did, they would care about the people of Venezuela who have suffered so much under the illegitimate Maduro regime. Instead, they're shilling for a dictator. One protester born in Brooklyn even claimed she didn't understand why the U.S. called him a dictator when he was "rightfully elected twice by the people of Venezuela in a very transparent election." Yeah, no, not rightfully elected, and not "very transparent" at all.
But guess who also showed up and gave them a savage schooling in reality? Venezuelans who know what it was really like, unlike the ignorant leftists. This is real people letting them have it, and telling them to get out.
HOLY SH*T!
— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) January 5, 2026
🇻🇪🇺🇸Venezuelans in NYC confront paid leftist protesters, chanting:
“Get out! Get out!”
“We’re here by choice. We’re not getting paid!” pic.twitter.com/0VxN67axph
The emotion there is palpable.
You can see more video here, with the Venezuelans calling them out and one giving them a middle finger.
A group of Venezuelans showed up to applaud the toppling of the oppressive Maduro regime and hurled insults at the clueless protesters as cops put the opposing sides in separate pens.
“You’re an a–hole! You don’t even know where Venezuela is!” Cuban-born Dario Blanzo shouted at a protester.
Maria Su, who immigrated to NYC from Caracas in 2017, raged, “They are not Venezuelans.
“They are paid protesters. They don’t speak Spanish!”
Will Contreres, 52, who immigrated from Caracas in 1996, screamed at the crowd, “You’re not for my country!
They said they were there because the pro-Maduro protesters were clearly on the wrong side of history.
“Today we are here happy because he’s going to face justice,” Venezuelan-American Rafael Escalante said of the deposed dictator.
He said they were there to make sure the story was told by Venezuelans, not the radical activists, who don't know what they are talking about.
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Imagine leftist protesters thinking they can try to tell these people who lived through horrors and deprivation what to think. The leftists were shut down very fast.
Venezuelans are ecstatic that there is a chance for change.
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