The month before, President Nicolás Maduro had declared a “constitutional state of emergency.”Julio Borges, in a photograph taken by CNN's Rafael Romo on June 9, 2016.
Maduro, now 61, is a former bus driver who became a Caracas metro system union leader and rose through the ranks.
In January of that year, Juan Guaidó, then president of the National Assembly, had proclaimed himself interim president of Venezuela.
Supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido scuffle with members of the Bolivarian National Police during a protest against the government of President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas on November 18, 2019.
The Venezuelan opposition political party Voluntad Popular said Tuesday that its leader Freddy Superlano has been kidnapped.
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