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Tom Phillips in Cúcuta

‘Out with the Yanks!’: Thousands protest in Colombia as anger builds over Trump’s intervention in Venezuela

Thousands of people protest with Colombian flags, and a sign saying ‘No Kings’, in the city of Bogotá in Colombia.
Supporters of Colombian President Gustavo Petro attend a rally to protest comments made by Donald Trump, in Bogotá, Colombia. Photograph: Santiago Saldarriaga/AP

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of cities across Colombia to decry Donald Trump’s threats to expand his military campaign in South America into their territory, after last weekend’s deadly attack on Venezuela.

In Cúcuta, a city on Colombia’s eastern border with Venezuela, several hundred demonstrators marched towards its 19th century cathedral waving the country’s yellow, blue and red flag and shouting: “Fuera los yanquis!” (“Out with the Yanks!”)

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