Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó appeared Tuesday to be staging a military-backed challenge to President Nicolás Maduro, beginning a tumultuous day in the capital, as thousands flocked to the streets and forces loyal to Maduro appeared to violently respond to the demonstrations.
By noon, six people had been wounded by firearms, according to an official with the Caracas Metropolitan Clinic. It was not immediately clear whether they were injured by rubber bullets or bullets. A seventh person, a reporter in the interior state of Barquisimeto, was injured by a rubber bullet, according to Venezuela’s journalists union. In Caracas, an armored vehicle ran into a crowd of Guaidó supporters.
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