Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó and several dozen deputies who support him as president of Parliament have managed to enter the Legislative Palace on Tuesday, after being held for almost an hour by a cordon of militarized police.

About twenty military police blocked access to Guaidó and more than 100 deputies, according to opponents, and kept them at the gates of Parliament until, by force, they managed to break through, reports Efe.

From the presidential tribune, Guaidó intervened in Parliament. "Here we are giving the face," he said after singing the national anthems and moments after rival deputy Luis Parra, self-proclaimed Sunday head of the chamber with support from Chavismo, directed a session in his absence, reports France-Presse.

Guaidó was ratified on Sunday as president of the National Assembly by opposition votes from the headquarters of the newspaper 'El Nacional', when Parliament was blocked.

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