In Venezuela, authorities have quelled a right-wing antigovernment paramilitary attack on a military base in Valencia. In a video message, armed men claimed the attack was a rebellion against the Maduro government. Maduro has denounced the attack as U.S.-funded terrorism.

President Nicolás Maduro: “I can’t say it another way. It is a terrorist attack against the armed forces of the Bolivarian National Army. And the armed forces responded in a united manner, with morality and decisiveness. The bill for the attack was paid for from Miami and from Colombia. Mark Rubio has come out and said there was a military uprising in Venezuela and to support it.”

The attack killed two people and came one day after the controversial National Constituent Assembly held its first session. Critics say Maduro is using the Assembly, which will have the authority to rewrite Venezuela’s constitution, to consolidate his power.