If you need one word to describe Venezuela these days, it would be fearful.” That’s what one Latin American diplomat told CNN this week, reflecting on the strange atmosphere in the country.

By Vivian Sequera and Mircely Guanipa CARACAS/MARACAY (Reuters) -Venezuelan opposition parties and their supporters - including leader Maria Corina Machado, who had been in hiding - protested around the country on Thursday in an eleventh-hour effort to put pressure on President Nicolas Maduro,

Silence and little activity marked the streets of Venezuela this Saturday on the first day of Nicolás Maduro's questioned third term in office. Many areas of Caracas remained empty, with little commercial activity and increased police and military patrolling.