Protesters in Fresno oppose U.S. attack on Venezuela amid clashing views

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Venezuelan antheral surviving successful Fresno is sharing his position arsenic protesters gathered connected the country of Blackstone and Nees Avenues connected Saturday, pursuing the United States' aboriginal greeting subject cognition successful Venezuela.

Eduardo Crem offered penetration connected the events unfolding successful his location country, telling Action News a alteration successful enactment has been agelong overdue, "We've been going done this for truthful long, we conscionable wanted.. freedom, man. These radical were ruthless killers, based connected atrocious governmental ideology."

His position clashed with those of the Fresno-based activistic groups who organized the gathering.

More than 50 people, including members of Peace Fresno and People for Palestine, waved their signs successful the air, galore of them speechmaking "Hands disconnected Venezuela."

One protester, Leni Reeves, showed Action News messages from a person surviving successful Caracas, the Venezuelan capital.

"I deliberation radical person the close to tally their ain country, to tally their ain lives, to bash things their ain way," says Reeves. "They shouldn't beryllium threatened, they shouldn't beryllium attacked."

The radical comes retired each play and started protesting astir 3 years ago, erstwhile the struggle betwixt Israel and Palestine archetypal kicked off.

Organizers accidental Saturday's absorption shifted to Venezuela aft learning astir the attacks.

"When we recovered retired astir the amerciable invasion, oregon attack, connected Venezuela, the kidnapping of Maudro and his wife, we started contacting different groups," says President of Peace Fresno, Dan Yaseen.

But Crema says the assemblage is blurring the lines betwixt the 2 situations, "To spot these radical that person ne'er been anyplace else, conflate the Gaza issue, with the Venezuela issue, with everything else, I'm sorry, it's asinine, it's moronic."