President Nicolas Maduro may be struggling to feed Venezuela but his socialist administration still managed to make a $500,000 donation to Donald Trump's inauguration, records released Wednesday show.
Capriles is among the leaders organizing Wednesday's "Mother of All Protests", meant to bring together the anti-socialist opposition throughout the country to demand Maduro step down.
Government supporters held opposing demonstration as backers dressed in red t-shirts and carried posters of popular late President Hugo Chavez, who governed from 1999 to 2013.
The demonstrators attempted to approach the office of the Ombudsman to ask for that official's support in the process launched by the opposition-controlled Parliament against the Supreme Court magistrates who took over some legislative duties.
The Attorney General's Office said that two other people were wounded at the protests after suffering multiple injuries and rubber bullet impacts.
"They've got the right to march but marching isn't burning stuff, throwing rocks", said Jahil Marcano, a 48-year-old construction worker who had joined the pro-government rally.
Venezuelan media outlets and reporters confirmed that one young man died after being shot in the head at a protest in San Bernardino, although the details of his death are not yet known. Venezuela's Supreme Court abandoned measures to seize power from the opposition-controlled legislature after the moves drew global condemnation and raised pressure on President Nicolas Maduro.
As night fell, a few thousand people were still gathered in a plaza in wealthy eastern Caracas as residents in nearby buildings banged pots and pans in a show of support.
Demonstrators in Caracas, Venezuela, were forced to cross over the Guaire river by wading and climbing along a utility bridge as riot police blocked the streets and fired tear gas on April 19, according to David Smolansky, Mayor of El Hatillo.
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Maduro late Tuesday accused the U.S. State Department of trying to promote a military intervention.
By its part, the opposition coalition Democratic Unity Table (MUD) also called for a protest march in the state of Miranda and in peripheral areas of the Capital District.
Maduro opponents were left seething after Venezuela's supreme court tried to strip the opposition-controlled legislature of its powers last month, a decision judges mostly reversed the following day. Her face was covered in a white, sticky substance to protect herself from the noxious effects of tear gas. "We'll see who tires out first".
Clashes between protesters, police and government supporters started early. He also said authorities in recent hours had rounded up unnamed members of an underground cell of conspirators at Caracas hotels, including some who were allegedly planning to stir up violence at the march.
Maduro didn't provide evidence to back his claim that a coup attempt was under way, and the opposition rejected his comments as a desperate attempt to intimidate Venezuelans from exercising their constitutional right to protest.
Foreign governments are also warning about the increasingly bellicose rhetoric coming from the government.
A massive march is planned for Wednesday in the center of Caracas, convened by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), to celebrate the 20 years of the Bolivarian electoral route, and the 207th anniversary of the cry for independence.
The announcement comes as Maduro's opponents are gearing up for what they pledge will be the largest rally yet to press for elections and a host of other demands Wednesday.
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