Members of the riot police stand guard outside the National Assembly before the start of the session in Caracas January 5, 2016. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)





Catholic priest Jose Palmar, a supporter of Venezuela's opposition, holds a rosary towards the police as they block the access to the building housing the National Assembly in Caracas, January 5, 2016. (Photo by Marco Bello/Reuters)





Supporters of Venezuela's opposition react as the police block access to the building housing the National Assembly in Caracas, January 5, 2016. (Photo by Marco Bello/Reuters)





Supporters of Venezuela's opposition carry a giant national flag some streets away from the building housing the National Assembly in Caracas, January 5, 2016. (Photo by Marco Bello/Reuters)





Supporters of Venezuela's opposition face motorized police officers who are blocking a street leading to the building housing the National Assembly in Caracas, January 5, 2016. (Photo by Marco Bello/Reuters)





A supporter of Venezuela's opposition holds a national flag some streets away from the building housing the National Assembly in Caracas, January 5, 2016. (Photo by Marco Bello/Reuters)





Supporters of Venezuela's opposition face motorized police officers who are blocking a street leading to the building housing the National Assembly in Caracas, January 5, 2016. (Photo by Marco Bello/Reuters)





A supporter of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro holds a framed photograph of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez as she gathers with others some streets away from the building housing the National Assembly in Caracas, January 5, 2016. (Photo by Christian Veron/Reuters)





Supporters of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gather some streets away from the building housing the National Assembly in Caracas, January 5, 2016. (Photo by Christian Veron/Reuters)





A supporter of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro holds up a photograph of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez as she gathers with others some streets away from the building housing the National Assembly in Caracas, January 5, 2016. (Photo by Christian Veron/Reuters)





A supporter of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, wearing glasses with the eyes of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez, gestures as he gathers with others some streets away from the building housing the National Assembly in Caracas, January 5, 2016. (Photo by Christian Veron/Reuters)





Members of a militant grassroots groups, called "colectivos", who view themselves as the defenders of revolutionary socialism but are denounced by opponents as thugs, are seen outside Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, January 5, 2016. (Photo by Christian Veron/Reuters)





Supporters of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro stand in front of a mural depicting Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez some streets away from the building housing the National Assembly in Caracas, January 5, 2016. (Photo by Christian Veron/Reuters)





Supporters of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro stand in front of a graffiti of the eyes of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez some streets away from the building housing the National Assembly in Caracas, January 5, 2016. (Photo by Marco Bello/Reuters)





Supporters of Venezuela's opposition hold national flags as they stand some streets away from the building housing the National Assembly in Caracas, January 5, 2016. (Photo by Marco Bello/Reuters)





Supporters of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro try to burn a flag of Primero Justicia (Justice First) opposition party while standing some streets away from the building housing the National Assembly in Caracas, January 5, 2016. (Photo by Marco Bello/Reuters)





Policemen contain supporters of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro as they try to approach to opposition supporters some streets away from the building housing the National Assembly in Caracas, January 5, 2016. (Photo by Marco Bello/Reuters)





Humberto Lopez, known as "El Che", a supporter of Venezuela's officialism, gestures as he drives his jeep some streets away from the building housing the National Assembly in Caracas, January 5, 2016. (Photo by Christian Veron/Reuters)





Supporters of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro try to organise before the exit of the official deputies from the building housing the National Assembly in Caracas, January 5, 2016. (Photo by Christian Veron/Reuters)





Supporters of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gather at Plaza Bolivar near the building housing the National Assembly in Caracas, January 5, 2016. (Photo by Christian Veron/Reuters)





A supporter of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, with a doll depicting late Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez on his hat, reacts as he stands at the Plaza Bolivar near the building housing the National Assembly in Caracas, January 5, 2016. (Photo by Christian Veron/Reuters)





Supporters of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro react as official deputies leave the building housing the National Assembly in Caracas, January 5, 2016. (Photo by Christian Veron/Reuters)





Supporters of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro burn a flag of the opposition party Popular Will (Voluntad Popular) close to the National Assembly in Caracas January 5, 2016. (Photo by Marco Bello/Reuters)





A supporter of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro holds a placard depicting the President of the National Assembly Henry Ramos Allup, during a gathering outside Miraflores Palace, after a session of the Venezuelan National Assembly in Caracas January 5, 2016. (Photo by Marco Bello/Reuters)