Venezuela’s opposition said its banned leader María Corina Machado was detained after she emerged from hiding to join thousands of Venezuelans protesting against Nicolás Maduro’s planned inauguration after what they say is a fraudulent reelection.

Venezuelan opposition parties and NGOs decried the arrests of a prominent press freedom activist and a well-known opposition figure, among others, ahead of planned protests against Friday's inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro for his third term.