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Police stop Guyanese in protest action against Venezuela’s President
A Guyanese national, who was protesting yesterday (Sept. 23) against Venezuela’s claim to a large chunk of Guyana’s territory and the recent build-up of heavily armed troops near Guyana’s western border, was told by a Senior Police Officer that her action was a threat to the security of the Spanish-speaking country’ Head of State, President Nicolas Maduro.
The Guyanese, Denise DeFreitas, who hails from Liverpool Village, Corentyne, Berbice but resides in St. Kitts, was protesting within the Independence Square in Basseterre, a short distance away from the tent under which senior Government officials from St. Kitts and Nevis and Venezuela as well as spectators were seated.
Guyanese Denise DeFreitas
displaying her placards for
President Maduro and his entourage
President Maduro was at the time visiting St. Kitts and Nevis and was engaged in the symbolic handing over of cheques to former sugar workers.
According to DeFreitas, she was displaying her
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