Tintori is also helping spearhead a women's march against Maduro on Saturday, setting up what threatens to be another confrontation between demonstrators and security forces - prologue, perhaps, to yet another week of tumult.
Earlier, authorities said a 38-year-old police officer in the central state of Carabobo died of his injuries after being shot during a protest on Wednesday that saw hundreds of thousands of people on the street nationwide.
Maduro is resisting pressure from the opposition, which blames him for an economic crisis that has led to food shortages.
President Maduro called for a National Constituent Assembly with the goal of easing the ongoing political tensions and supporting dialogue with the opposition.
Maduro has tried to increase his influence over it via financial assistance to the armed forces and by allowing 11 military personnel to become federal ministers.
The violence in the streets has drawn criticism from beyond Venezuela's borders, as eight Latin American countries signed on to a letter condemning the actions of Maduro's government. Wearing the white shirts of the opponents of the country's increasingly embattled government, the women sang the national anthem and chanted, "Who are we?"
Clashes between police and protesters have left some three dozen dead in the past month.
Leopoldo Lopez Sr., right, father of Leopoldo Lopez, and his daughter Diana Lopez, express concern for the jailed Venezuela opposition leader in Madrid, Spain on Friday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin requested during a recent phone conversation that Trump meet with Lavrov, the official said. In this regard, she was not admitted to the American media, and thus the White house did not publish photos with her.
Haley also raised the issue of Venezuela's detention of an American, Joshua Holt, who was arrested almost a year ago.
A number of people have been killed in incidents of violence related to the protests as well as lootings prompted by the economic crisis in Venezuela in recent weeks.
Polls show the ruling Socialist government would severely lose any popular vote due to the national discontent with Maduro's regime.
An influential group of U.S. senators filed sweeping legislation on Wednesday to address the crisis in Venezuela, including sanctioning individuals responsible for undermining democracy or involved in corruption.
Global pressure on Maduro to hold elections is continuing to escalate amid his call for a constitution rewrite.
Henrique Capriles, one of the most outspoken opposition leaders, said on Friday that 85 members of the National Guard in Caracas had been arrested for repressing opposition demonstrators, and he added that their relatives asked him to publicize the arrests.
Borges responded by calling on Venezuelans to rebel.
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