President Maduro has announced a 60-day emergency, giving soldiers and police wider powers to deal with the country’s spiralling economic crisis.
Mr Capriles said the decree gave the president unconstitutional powers.
He called on Venezuelans to ignore it and take to the streets on Wednesday.
“We, Venezuelans, will not accept this decree. This is Maduro putting himself above the constitution,” Mr Capriles told journalists.
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