National Assembly of Venezuela fight

National Assembly of Venezuela fight
National Assembly of Venezuela fight
Part of Crisis in Venezuela
	The sessions hemicycle of the Venezuelan National Assembly, where the brawl took place
Date	30 April 2013
Location	Federal Legislative Palace, Caracas, Venezuela
Caused by	Disavowal of the results of the 2013 presidential elections and of Nicolás Maduro as president of Venezuela.; Refusal of the president of the National Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, to grant the right to speak to opposition deputies.; Tensions between opposition and the ruling party;
Parties
Opposition deputies	Pro-government deputies
Casualties and losses
Injured: Julio Borges; María Corina Machado; Américo de Grazia; Ismael García; Nora Bracho; Homero Ruiz; Eduardo Gómez Sigala;	Injured: Nancy Ascencio; Odalis Monzón; Maigualida Barrera; Claudio Farías;
	Eleven deputies injured in total

A brawl in the National Assembly of Venezuela took place on 30 April 2013 at the Federal Legislative Palace, in Caracas, after opposition deputies who did not recognize the results of the 2013 presidential elections and the ruling party's candidate Nicolás Maduro as president were denied the right to speak for the second consecutive ordinary session. The brawl resulted in at least 11 deputies injured.