Venezuela: after the arrest of the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, the opposition returns to the street

A new day of events takes place this Saturday in Venezuela. This time, the protest opposes the arrest of the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament, to which the Supreme Court of Justice withdrew the privileges, as well as nine other legislators.

The judicial measure, after which three deputies have taken refuge in different diplomatic places, is the counterattack of Nicolás Maduro for the Failure of the uprising against him led by Juan Guaidó and supported by major opposition parties.

Accused, along with nine other colleagues, of supporting the uprising on April 30, Vice President of Parliament Edgar Zambrano was arrested Wednesday evening at a movie operation, broadcast on social networks and commented live on Twitter by the legislator.

Intelligence officers with long arms lor intercepted in their 4×4 vehicle in front of their party headquarters. He refused to go down and had to find a crane to get the car.

A caravan of patrols crisscrosses the streets to allow the rapid pbadage of the crane with the vehicle to the helicoid, feared the headquarters of the intelligence services.

A few hours later, three MPs They took refuge in diplomatic offices to avoid capture. Richard Blanco, ambbadador of Argentina, and Mariela Magallanes, ambbadador of Italy, and Américo De Grazia.

In the midst of the situation, Guaidó, self-proclaimed interim president and recognized as such by more than fifty countries, strongly criticized the Chavez government and badured that Maduro demands "the dismantling of Parliament".

Despite the lifting of his immunity and his threat of arrest, Guaidó warned: "We will not stopLet's continue on the street. "In this sense, he invited his supporters to demonstrate this Saturday.