New Coalition in Miami Protests U.S. Military Threats in Caribbean

World-Outlook is posting with permission of the author the following report from his Facebook page. The post has also been published in Spanish by Cubainformacion. Photo captions are by World-Outlook.

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By Pete Seidman

MIAMI, Florida, December 23, 2025 – Forty people demonstrated at the downtown Miami Torch of Friendship on Tuesday evening against Washington’s accelerating moves toward war on Venezuela. The protesters rallied at the call of the newly formed Miami Hands Off Venezuela Coalition. The coalition’s two points of unity in action are “U.S. Hands Off Venezuela!” and “No Deportations!”

The turnout was particularly remarkable as the action was originally scheduled for the same time, but at the Miami International Airport’s “First Amendment” area. A permit was granted on Friday by airport authorities. But organizers received notice only one day before the event that this permit had been cancelled at political levels above the day-to-day administrators of the airport.

Anticipating that under conditions where the blood and guts of the drive towards war in Washington, DC, would likely seep down into Miami’s notoriously corrupt political machinery, a backup permit had been secured.

Individuals who launched the new coalition came from organizations including the Miami Coalition to End the U.S. Blockade of Cuba, Miami-Dade Green Party, Casa Colombianidad, National Lawyers Guild, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Diaspora Pal’ante Collective, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Miami Democratic Socialists of America, Black Alliance for Peace-South, and Jose Marti Cultural Association.

The demonstration was well received by passersby. There was only one minor incident of confrontation with two individuals that was quickly isolated and peacefully handled by our volunteer marshals.

Many participants expressed a certain pride in having helped built such a united action at a key juncture in the start up to war against the peoples of Venezuela, Cuba, and the broader Caribbean. Catherine Murphy, who directed the film Maestra about young women in the Cuban literacy campaign, participated in the demonstration and captured this footage.

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