Hundreds of people gathered in front of Baltimore City Hall on Saturday in opposition to the Venezuelan bombing that took place early that morning. 

And on such short notice, organizers and participants say the protest gave them a sense of hope for the future. 

"I woke up and looked that we have kidnapped the elected official of Venezuela, and it's just another thing that Trump has done," said Gwen Dubois, one of the attendees. 

The rally comes in response to continued controversy in Venezuela after President Trump ordered an airstrike to be launched on the country and brought the country's president, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife to New York to face drug charges. 

Within hours, people all around the country, including Baltimore, were gathered in opposition. 

"It's wrong..."

"It speaks to the mass nature of this movement that so many people stand against this war," said Jake Ecker, a member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation of Baltimore. "Over 70% of people in the U.S. stand against the war on Venezuela. So, we felt it was important to show that and take to the streets to let everyone know, that other 30% know, to stand against this war." 

Speakers from a number of different organizations, including the People's Power Assembly, led the march, calling Trump's actions flagrant and a violation of international rights, especially because the move was not approved by Congress. 

"We need to both demonstrate our strengths to ourselves and to each other," said Charles, another protestor. "We gather like this so we can, as a group, come together and know that we are not alone in our objection to the evil that is being committed supposedly in our name." 

"The amount of money that's taken from people who need it for food, for medicine, look what they've done about vaccines. And it's all going to the military and to these invasions," Terry FitzGerald added. "It's wrong, it's wrong, it's wrong, and that's what my sign says." 

Multiple Maryland leaders have spoken out against the president for his latest actions, including Senator Chris Van Hollen. 

In a statement, he says in part, "...this is not about demolishing a dictatorship, as we've seen Trump cozy up to dictators around the world. This is about trying to grab Venezuela's oil for Trump's billionaire buddies."