Venezuelan opposition parties and their supporters are set to hold protests around the country on Thursday in an eleventh-hour effort to put pressure on President Nicolas Maduro, one day before he is due to be sworn in for his third six-year term.

Venezuela’s exiled opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia has urged the Venezuelan military to recognize him as their commander-in-chief and “put an end to the leadership” of President Nicolás Maduro,

Tensions have been growing in Venezuela ahead of Thursday's rallies in which opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has promised to end months of hiding to meet her supporters on the street. (AP/ Andr