Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.


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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
The interior court of the National Assembly of Venezuela.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
The statue of Simon Bolivar, the libertador, general and former Venezuelan statesman, is one of the emblematic figures of the emancipation of the former Spanish colonies in Latin America.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
Renzo Prieto, deputy Voluntad Popular, political party of Juan Guaido, in the court of the Venezuelan national assembly. He was imprisoned for 4 years from 2014 to 2018.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
Parliamentarians wait in the assembly courtyard before the start of Tuesday's session.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
A deputy waits for the beginning of the session on the balcony of a private room of the national assembly.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
Yolanda is the chief coordinator of the National Assembly. She herself must water the garden because following the non-payment of wages many employees left their work.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
Despite the lack of water throughout the city, the gardens of the National Assembly must be impeccable.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
At the entrance to the Chamber, MEPs must sign an attendance card.


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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
On the left, Dr. Juan Acosta, Rector of the Pedagogical Institute of Caracas is invited to address the assembly to discuss the arrival of humanitarian aid.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
Members of the opposition assembly go to the hemicycle.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
Security cordon of the assembly.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
An opposition supporter sports a pin with the Venezuelan flag and another from her university where she teaches.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
Opposition MPs discuss before the start of the session.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
An opposition MP on the phone in the corridors of the National Assembly.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
In the lobby of the hemicycle the security service of the opposition makes a final briefing before the arrival of Juan Guaido and deputies.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
The hemicycle of the Venezuelan assembly almost empty before the beginning of the session.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
An opposition MP holding the Gaceta legislativa, the newspaper of the National Assembly where the agendas are written.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
Opposition MPs are easily interviewed by the international press. Here Armando Armas, a member of the opposition Voluntad Popular Party, is ready to play. In 2017, he was violently assaulted in the National Assembly by an armed group that smashed his skull with an iron bar.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
A portrait of Hugo Chavez is brought to decorate the room of the constituent assembly pro-Maduro.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
The central court of the Venezuelan National Assembly.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
The dome of the national assembly, place where resides the act of independence of the country.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
A group of opposition activists pose in front of the dome of the national assembly where the act of independence is kept. All a symbol.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
Romel Guazamana, deputy of the state Amazonas whose election was judged fraudulent by the court of the supreme court of justice, acquired in Maduro. he proudly wears the crown which makes him the representative of all the Native American peoples of the country.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
Opposition MPs wait before they speak in front of the media.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
A group of deputies of the anti-Maduro assembly express themselves in front of the cameras of the country and the world.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
A group of deputies of the anti-Maduro assembly express themselves in front of the cameras of the country and the world.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
The president of the National Opposition Assembly, Juan Guaido makes his appearance surrounded by his personal guard.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
The president of the National Opposition Assembly, Juan Guaido makes his appearance surrounded by his personal guard.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
The president of the opposition National Assembly, Juan Guaido makes his appearance surrounded by a crowd of journalists.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
The president of the National Opposition, Juan Guaido goes to the hemicycle surrounded by a crowd of journalists.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
The president of the National Opposition, Juan Guaido goes to the hemicycle surrounded by a crowd of journalists.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
The platform of the President of the National Assembly Juan Guaido.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
The National Opposition Assembly chaired by Juan Guaido.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
The National Opposition Assembly chaired by Juan Guaido.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
A soldier keeps the staircase leading to the floor of the National Assembly.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
The central court of the National Assembly, in the background, the dome that houses the act of independence.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
The corridor of the deputies' library, a private lounge closed to the public.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
Members of the Constituent Assembly wait before the start of the session. The two assemblies do not sit at the same time and the two parties avoid each other to the maximum.

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Adrien Vautier / Le Pictorium -
Venezuelan National Assembly -
05/02/2019 - Venezuela / Caracas - The National Assembly has been in opposition for almost 4 years and the pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly was created in 2017. The two parties live together in the Federal Legislative Building in an electric climate.
Opposition MPs in the foreground keep their distance from those of the constituent assembly in the background. Their rivalry sometimes causes strong tension between the two parties.

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