A demonstrator fires fireworks at security forces with a home made mortar during clashes in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 4, 2017. Opposition protests demanding new elections and decrying triple-digit inflation, food shortages and worsening crime continue as President Nicolas Maduro pushes forward with his plan to draft a new constitution. (Photo by Fernando Llano/AP Photo)





Anti-government demonstrators clash with security forces in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 4, 2017. (Photo by Fernando Llano/AP Photo)





A demonstrator gets ready to throw a gasoline bomb during clashes with security forces in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 4, 2017. (Photo by Fernando Llano/AP Photo)





Protesters throw stones at a public transport bus during a demonstration against the government of President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas on July 4, 2017. A political and economic crisis in the oil-producing country has spawned often violent demonstrations by protesters demanding Maduro's resignation and new elections. The unrest has left 90 people dead since April 1. (Photo by Juan Barreto/AFP Photo)





An opposition activist is arrested by riot police during an anti-government protest in Caracas on July 4, 2017. (Photo by Juan Barreto/AFP Photo)





Opposition activists and riot police clash during an anti-government protest in Caracas on July 4, 2017. (Photo by Juan Barreto/AFP Photo)





Opposition lawmakers brawl with pro-government militias who are trying to force their way into the National Assembly during a special session coinciding with Venezuela’s independence day, in Caracas, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. At least five lawmakers were injured in the attack. Despite the violence, lawmakers later approved a plan by the opposition to hold a symbolic referendum July 16 to give voters the chance to reject President Nicolas Maduro’s plans to draft a new political charter. (Photo by Fernando Llano/AP Photo)





A masked men kicks at opposition lawmaker Franco Casella in a melee with pro-government militias who tried to forced their way into the National Assembly during a special session coinciding with Venezuela’s independence day, in Caracas, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. At least five lawmakers were injured in the attack. (Photo by Fernando Llano/AP Photo)





A government supporter clashes with people at the entrance of Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly, in Caracas, Venezuela on July 5. 2017. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Government supporters clash with members of Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly, in Caracas, Venezuela on July 5. 2017. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





National Assembly workers, center and left, run from an attack by pro-government militia members attacking opposition lawmakers and assembly employees during a special session coinciding with Venezuela's independence day, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. At right is opposition congressperson Simon Calzadilla. (Photo by Fernando Llano/AP Photo)





Pro-government militias attack opposition lawmakers during a special session coinciding with Venezuela's independence day, in Caracas, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. The attack, in plain view of national guardsmen assigned to protect the legislature, comes amid three months of often-violent confrontations between security forces and protesters who accuse the government of trying to establish a dictatorship by jailing foes, pushing aside the opposition-controlled legislature and rewriting the constitution to avoid fair elections. (Photo by Fernando Llano/AP Photo)





People attack a government supporter after he and a group of fellow government supporters burst into Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly during a session, in Caracas, Venezuela on July 5. 2017. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)





People attack a government supporter after he and a group of fellow government supporters burst into Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly during a session, in Caracas, Venezuela on July 5. 2017. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)





Opposition lawmaker Luis Stefanelli (C) helps an injured government supporter after he and a group of fellow government supporters burst into Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly during a session, in Caracas, Venezuela on July 5. 2017. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)





Opposition lawmaker Luis Stefanelli (C, partially obscured) covers an injured government supporter (L) after he and a group of fellow government supporters burst into Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly during a session, in Caracas, Venezuela on July 5. 2017. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)





An injured government supporter tries to leave the building after he and a group of fellow government supporters burst into Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly during a session, in Caracas, Venezuela on July 5. 2017. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)





Opposition lawmaker Luis Stefanelli holds an injured government supporter after he and a group of fellow government supporters burst into Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly during a session, in Caracas, Venezuela on July 5. 2017. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)





Opposition lawmaker Luis Stefanelli gestures next to fellow opposition lawmaker Leonardo Regnault after a group of government supporters burst into Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly during a session, in Caracas, Venezuela on July 5. 2017. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)





Opposition lawmaker Luis Stefanelli tries to protect an injured government supporter after he and a group of fellow government supporters burst into Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly during a session, in Caracas, Venezuela on July 5. 2017. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)





A supposed government supporter who was part of a group that tried to force its way into the National Assembly, is temporarily detained by national guardsmen, but let go soon after, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. Pro-government militias wielding wooden sticks and metal bars violently stormed congress and began attacking opposition lawmakers at the end of a special session coinciding with Venezuela’s independence day. (Photo by Fernando Llano/AP Photo)





Dozens of government supporters set up a picket outside the National Assembly, heckling lawmakers during a special session coinciding with Venezuela’s independence day, in Caracas, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. Wielding wooden sticks and metal bars the group eventually stormed congress and began attacking opposition lawmakers. (Photo by Fernando Llano/AP Photo)





Deputy Armando Armas (C-on ground) is beaten by protesters at the National Assembly, in Caracas, Venezuela, 05 July 2017. A group of supporters of the Venezuelan government stormed the National Assembly (AN, Parliament) attacked and wounded some deputies who were in the enclosure for a session in commemorating the country’s Independence Day. (Photo by Miguel Gutierrez/EPA)





Deputy Americo De Grazia (C) is beaten by protesters outside the National Assembly, in Caracas, Venezuela, 05 July 2017. (Photo by Miguel Gutierrez/EPA)





Opposition lawmaker Americo De Grazia is led away by bodyguards and a National Assembly employee after he was injured in a melee with supposed government supporters who tried to force their way into the National Assembly during a special session coinciding with Venezuela’s independence day, in Caracas, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. At least five lawmakers were injured in the attack. De Grazia had to be taken in a stretcher to an ambulance suffering from convulsions, said a fellow lawmaker. (Photo by Fernando Llano/AP Photos)





Opposition lawmaker Armando Armas plays possum as fellow legislator Americo De Grazia is slugged by a member of a pro-government militia member during an attack on opposition lawmakers and assembly employees in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. Several lawmakers were injured in the attack. De Grazia was taken in a stretcher to an ambulance suffering from convulsions, said a fellow lawmaker. (Photo by Fernando Llano/AP Photo)





Members of the Bolivarian National Guard march during a military parade marking the country's Independence Day in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. Venezuela is marking 206 years of their declaration of independence from Spain. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photos)





Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro holds out his arms as arrives to attend a military parade commemorating the country's Independence Day in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. Venezuela is marking 206 years of their declaration of independence from Spain. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photos)





Female soldiers march during a military parade marking the country's Independence Day in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. Venezuela is marking 206 years of their declaration of independence from Spain. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photos)