Venezuelans demand elections in first national protest in nearly two years

Thousands of Venezuelans demonstrated in Caracas and several other cities, demanding free elections and political changes in the opposition’s first nationwide protest in nearly two years. US President Donald Trump and acting President Delcy Rodriguez have said elections would take place, but no date has been set to choose a successor to Nicolas Maduro, who was captured by US forces in January. The protests were organised by Vente Venezuela, the movement of opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado. Machado, who has been outside the country for nearly a year, has said elections must be held by July 2027.