A U.S. Senate committee approved a bipartisan bill Wednesday that seeks to accelerate planning at international financial institutions for Venezuela's reconstruction.

Several activists ignored a trespassing warning and remained holed up in Venezuela’s embassy in the United States on Tuesday, highlighting a dispute over who is the legitimate leader of the South American nation.

Venezuela's armed forces remain loyal to President Nicolas Maduro.

Venezuelans are expected to take to the streets on Wednesday for what opposition leader Juan Guaido pledged would be the "largest march" in the country's history, a day after he called for the military to oust President Nicolas Maduro.

Nationwide power outages over the last month have left vast swaths of territory in the dark for days at a time, cutting off water supplies and cell phone service.

Opposition leader Juan Guaido is back in Venezuela, with anti-government protests planned for Monday.

A U.S.-backed drive to deliver foreign aid to Venezuela met strong resistance as troops loyal to President Nicolas Maduro blocked the convoys at the border and fired tear gas on protesters in clashes that left two people dead and some 300 injured.

Trucks laden with U.S. food and medicine returned to warehouses in Colombia after opposition supporters failed to break through lines of troops, who dispersed them with tear gas and rubber rounds, injuring dozens.

“Canada is deeply concerned by the acts of violence allegedly perpetrated by the Maduro regime, designed to block the entry of relief items from neighbouring countries," read the statement.

France will recognize Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president if Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro does not announce a presidential vote by Sunday night.