[Venezuela] Protests: Peaceful protest

Summary

Single-source ACLED detection — awaiting independent verification. On April 1, 2025, relatives of a Venezuelan migrant deported from the US to Guantanamo prison in Cuba held a peaceful protest in front of the Justice Palace in Maracaibo, Zulia state, demanding government action to facilitate the return of detained migrants to Venezuela.

Supply chain impact

No commodities or chokepoints are directly mapped to this event; second-order effects depend on how the situation escalates. The localized nature of this peaceful protest in Maracaibo suggests minimal immediate disruption to regional economic activity.

Watch points

• Monitor whether similar protests emerge in other Venezuelan cities with significant migrant populations
• Track any government response that could influence broader migration policy or diplomatic tensions with the US and Cuba