At least 717 others have been injured and 152 remain in jail as a result of the protests, which started in early April amid the Venezuelan Supreme Court's decision to assume the powers of Congress (which Maduro later partially walked back) and a continuing economic crisis.
The protests in Venezuela, which are aimed against socialist President Nicolas Maduro, have been occurring for a month, and at least 37 people have died as a result, according to The Guardian. In Valencia, where the man died, some areas looked like disaster zones with bars on shop windows bent and windows broken.
Valencia has become one of the flashpoints of looting and clashes which have also seen violence at daily mass demos in the capital. Venezuela! What do we want?
Highlighting vandalism and violence by young masked protesters, Maduro says opponents are seeking a coup with USA support and harbor "terrorists" and "murderers" in their ranks.
The violence in the streets has drawn criticism from beyond Venezuela's borders, as eight Latin American countries signed on to a letter condemning the actions of Maduro's government.
CGTN's Juan Carlos Lamas reports from Caracas.
Polls show the ruling Socialist government would severely lose any popular vote due to the national discontent with Maduro's regime.
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He blasted Maduro's government for seeking to "change the internal judicial order", and called the proposal for a new constitution a "fraud".
Instead, opposition leaders said they're planning a protest on Monday at the Education Ministry to present arguments against the assembly, and are staging marches across the nation.
Opposition leaders say the constituent assembly is a biased mechanism created to keep an unpopular leader in power.
Former presidential candidate Henrique Capriles said 85 officers, a majority from the military, had been detained for "expressing discontent" with the actions of the nation's national guard.
The family of an imprisoned high-profile Venezuelan opposition leader on Friday urged the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit the penitentiary where he is being held and verify his health status and the conditions of his confinement. Maduro said opposition ranks include armed hoodlums, and activists accuse government-backed security officials of using excessive force, including firing tear gas canisters directly at people and allowing "colectivos", gangs of pro-government armed civilians, to terrorize demonstrators.
Right-wing leaders say that the intention of the constitutional process called by Maduro is to delay regional and municipal elections slated for this year.
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