Venezuela opposition Presidential candidate Edmundo González addressed Venezuelans Friday from the Dominican Republic saying he intended to enter the country to assume the presidency.

Today, Maduro officially violated the constitution,” María Corina Machado, the popular opposition leader who was briefly detained yesterday, said in a video posted on social media in the afternoon. She called on Venezuelans to take to the street to protest.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, whose nearly 12 years in office have been marked by deep economic and social crisis, was sworn in for a third term on Friday (January 10), despite a six-month-long election dispute,