epa13006055 People take part in a demonstration in Maracaibo, Venezuela, 30 May 2026. More than a thousand Venezuelans, along with several of the country’s leading opposition figures, gathered in Maracaibo, the capital of Zulia state to demand the holding of presidential elections and the release of all political prisoners. EPA/Henry Chirinos

epa13006057 People take part in a demonstration in Maracaibo, Venezuela, 30 May 2026. More than a thousand Venezuelans, along with several of the country’s leading opposition figures, gathered in Maracaibo, the capital of Zulia state to demand the holding of presidential elections and the release of all political prisoners. EPA/Henry Chirinos

epa13006059 A person waves a Venezuelan flag at a demonstration in Maracaibo, Venezuela, 30 May 2026. More than a thousand Venezuelans, along with several of the country’s leading opposition figures, gathered in Maracaibo, the capital of Zulia state to demand the holding of presidential elections and the release of all political prisoners. EPA/Henry...

epa13006056 People hold a sign bearing the image of opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado at a demonstration in Maracaibo, Venezuela, 30 May 2026. More than a thousand Venezuelans, along with several of the country’s leading opposition figures, gathered in Maracaibo, the capital of Zulia state to demand the holding of...

epa13006058 A person in costume holds a sign at a demonstration in Maracaibo, Venezuela, 30 May 2026. More than a thousand Venezuelans, along with several of the country’s leading opposition figures, gathered in Maracaibo, the capital of Zulia state to demand the holding of presidential elections and the release of all political prisoners. EPA/Henry...