People took to the streets of Venezuela’s capital Thursday seeking to block President Nicolás Maduro’s attempt to cling to power despite credible evidence that he lost last summer’s election. Venezuela opposition leader María Corina Machado’s aides said she was detained Thursday, followed moments later by official denials of her arrest, in a confusing episode that capped a day of protests. (AP Video: Andry Rincon & Juan Arraez)
Venezuelan opposition leader emerges from hideout to protest Maduro’s plans to cling to power
People took to the streets of Venezuela’s capital Thursday seeking to block President Nicolás Maduro’s attempt to cling to power despite credible evidence that he lost last summer’s election. Venezuela opposition leader María Corina Machado’s aides said she was detained Thursday, followed moments later by official denials of her arrest, in a confusing episode that capped a day of protests. (AP Video: Andry Rincon & Juan Arraez)