02:14Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro mobilised thousands of supporters to celebrate Youth Day in Caracas on Wednesday, on a date which commemorates all the young people who fought and died in the Battle of la Victoria in 1814 during the country's war of independence against Spain.
Footage shows demonstrators marching towards Miraflores Palace and rallying in front of a stage to cheer on the Venezuelan leader, who urged his supporters to defend the country even with arms, "if necessary."
Earlier on Monday, hundreds of people took to the streets of the capital to protest a number of sanctions imposed by the US against state-owned Venezuelan airline Conviasa. Maduro also blamed opposition leader Juan Guaido, who he said was responsible for the move by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury Department.
Venezuela: Thousands mobilise in support of Maduro on Youth Day
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro mobilised thousands of supporters to celebrate Youth Day in Caracas on Wednesday, on a date which commemorates all the young people who fought and died in the Battle of la Victoria in 1814 during the country's war of independence against Spain.
Footage shows demonstrators marching towards Miraflores Palace and rallying in front of a stage to cheer on the Venezuelan leader, who urged his supporters to defend the country even with arms, "if necessary."
Earlier on Monday, hundreds of people took to the streets of the capital to protest a number of sanctions imposed by the US against state-owned Venezuelan airline Conviasa. Maduro also blamed opposition leader Juan Guaido, who he said was responsible for the move by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury Department.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro mobilised thousands of supporters to celebrate Youth Day in Caracas on Wednesday, on a date which commemorates all the young people who fought and died in the Battle of la Victoria in 1814 during the country's war of independence against Spain.
Footage shows demonstrators marching towards Miraflores Palace and rallying in front of a stage to cheer on the Venezuelan leader, who urged his supporters to defend the country even with arms, "if necessary."
Earlier on Monday, hundreds of people took to the streets of the capital to protest a number of sanctions imposed by the US against state-owned Venezuelan airline Conviasa. Maduro also blamed opposition leader Juan Guaido, who he said was responsible for the move by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury Department.