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Juan Guaidó: Venezuela's opposition leader briefly detained | |
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The head of Venezuela's opposition-controlled parliament was briefly detained days after saying he was ready to assume the country's presidency. | |
A video posted on social media appears to show the moment intelligence agents intercept Juan Guaidó's car in a busy road north of the capital, Caracas. | |
Two journalists detained while covering the case have also been released. | |
President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for a second six-year term on Thursday. The opposition calls him illegitimate. | |
Mr Guaidó - who said on Friday he was ready to assume the Venezuelan presidency on an interim basis - was detained while he was on his way to a political rally in the northern state of Vargas, opposition members said. | |
His wife, Fabiana Rosales, who announced the detention on Twitter, and daughter were travelling with him, according to local media reports. | |
Mr Guaidó is the speaker of the National Assembly, which has been stripped of powers by the Supreme Court. Mr Maduro dismissed his comments as a "show". | |
The detained journalists have been named as Beatriz Adrián, from Colombia's Caracol television, and Osmary Hernández, who works for CNN's Spanish news channel. |