After a dramatic day, the streets are empty except for long, winding lines at grocery stores and gas stations.
What will happen in the next hour? Juan Pablo Petrone continues in an interview with the AP.
During the attack on Saturday, U.S. soldiers captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores.
President Donald Trump's announcement that the United States will govern the country until a legal and safe transition of power can be made has raised questions.
Venezuela's Supreme Court has ordered the country's Vice President Delcy Rodríguez to become interim leader. According to Trump, she is "willing to do" what the United States deems necessary.
“Barbaric”
Rodríguez, however, has called U.S. actions "barbaric" in a speech.
There is only one president in this country, and his name is Nicolás Maduro, she said.
Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello is urging the people to take to the streets and defend the country's sovereignty. Some Venezuelans were seen burning American flags around Caracas on Saturday, but most stayed indoors.
"What's happening is unprecedented," says Caracas resident Yanire Lucas as she picks up glass from blown-out windows after an explosion nearby.
We are still on edge and unsure of what to do.
“Need freedom”
Many Venezuelans who have fled to the United States are more hopeful. At a celebration in the Miami suburb of Doral, Florida, chants of “freedom, freedom, freedom” were heard.
It's a combination of emotions, of course, says Alejandra Arrieta.
There is fear. There is excitement. We have been waiting for this for so many years. Something had to happen in Venezuela. We all need freedom.
