Venezuelan political leaders of the opposition were attacked during a protest against the current president Nicolas Maduro. During the manifestation, they were demanding a referendum against the current president. The group of opposition deputies was trying to get into the election council headquarters in Caracas in order to demand the agency to accelerate the procedure of the authentication of the signatures of the voters. Pictures circulating around the globe show Julio Borges, a Congressman being injured by a man, that Borges identified as one of the government supporters.

Venezuela is still engulfed in a political and economic crisis. Earlier this year, the National Assembly led by the MUD launched a plan in order to oust current President Nicolás Maduro of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV).

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