The Iranian tankers hold what analysts estimate to be enough gasoline to supply Venezuela for two to three weeks.

Bolsonaro, called the “the Trump of the tropics,” has turned his relationship with the U.S. president into a cornerstone of his foreign diplomacy.

The confusing incident Saturday in the central city of Barquisimeto is believed to be the first time pro-government vigilantes known as colectivos have aimed a weapon at Guaido.

Canada is hosting the gathering of foreign ministers today from the coalition of Western Hemisphere countries who are trying to solve the Venezuela crisis.

Frederico Hoyos, Colombia's ambassador to Canada, is calling on the Lima Group to make a renewed push for a new presidential election in Venezuela, one that he says would likely end in the defeat of the country's dictator president, Nicolas Maduro.

Militiamen and government supporters dressed in red shirts held combat drills on streets blocked off by city buses.

Maduro made the remark in a meeting with the international press three days after Guaido returned from a tour to the U.S. and Europe.

Canada last hosted the Lima Group one year ago in Ottawa.

The office of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that he and senior Cabinet ministers would meet with Guaido, whose trip defied a travel ban imposed by Venezuela's pro-Maduro Supreme Court.

In his role as president of the National Assembly, Guaidó is recognized as Venezuela’s rightful leader by the U.S. and more than 50 nations that consider Nicolás Maduro’s reelection invalid.