Protests are scheduled to pop up around the U.S. and beyond in response to the Trump administration’s operation in Venezuela that resulted in the arrest of President Nicolas Maduro. 

The U.S. conducted airstrikes on multiple locations in the South American country, President Trump announced Saturday, adding that Mr. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured, flown out of the country and indicted in New York.

A chorus of congressional responses included praise and ridicule for Mr. Trump, as many opponents of the overnight raid say it violates international law and threatens Venezuela’s sovereignty. 

But some lawmakers and legal scholars have rushed to his defense, arguing he had legal authority under the U.S. Constitution and judicial warrants to capture the Venezuelan leader to stand trial in the U.S.

As part of Mr. Trump’s war on drugs, which targets Venezuela, the U.S. has launched strikes against a dozen alleged drug smuggling vessels in the Caribbean and the Pacific, killing over 100 people.

Code Pink, an anti-war organization that emerged in 2002 in response to the Iraq War, said it and other peace organizations will hold an “emergency protest” outside the White House to denounce the U.S. government’s “blatant and illegal acts of war.”

“History shows that wars can be stopped when people force them into the open,” Code Pink said in a statement. “That is why we are calling for immediate, visible, nationwide action. Take to the streets. Organize emergency protests. Flood congressional offices with calls and demands. Make it impossible for this war to proceed quietly, legally disguised, or uncontested.”

The demonstration was scheduled from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

The ANSWER Coalition, another anti-war movement, announced a list of nearly 100 protests across almost all 50 states scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.

“We need to take to the streets and say no to another endless war! The people of this country do not want another war! A U.S. war would cause death and destruction for the people of Venezuela,” the organization said in a statement. 

The announcement came after U.S. forces bombed the Venezuelan capital of Caracas. The coalition said this has nothing to do with drug trafficking or democracy but is about “stealing Venezuela’s oil and dominating Latin America.”

“It is an outrageous escalation in a campaign of murder in international waters and piracy targeting civilian ships trading with Venezuela,” the statement continued.

Over a dozen Chicago groups, including Anti-War Committee Chicago, Chicago Area Peace Action and the Illinois Green Party, announced a demonstration in the city’s downtown area for 6 p.m. Saturday.

“The Venezuelan people refuse to subordinate themselves to U.S. oil and energy giants, and Chicagoans stand in unwavering solidarity with the brave Venezuelan people as they assert and defend their national sovereignty and oppose U.S. imperialist war,” Anti-War Committee Chicago said in a social media post.

Protests are not exclusive to the U.S.

Supportive and opposing demonstrations have appeared or are expected in Cuba, London, Argentina and Chile following the U.S. operation.