Lisa Valanti of Upper St. Clair holds a sign reading “No War” on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, during a rally at the corner of South Highland and Penn avenues in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood protesting U.S. strikes against Venezuela. (Sean Stipp | TribLive)
An estimated 200 people gathered on short notice in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood Saturday afternoon to protest the U.S. attack on Venezuela and the apprehension of its leader, Nicolas Maduro.
Protest organizer June Wearden, a resident of Pittsburgh’s Greenfield neighborhood with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, said he was awake around 2:15 a.m. Saturday when the first reports of the assault came out…