Opponents and supporters of the current government of Venezuela has planned demonstrations on Wednesday - the anniversary of a popular revolt that ousted the dictator Marcos Perez in 1958.
In Venezuela, marches were planned to celebrate "National Democracy Day," state-run news agency reported AVN.
"Today we honor the people and their determination to defend national sovereignty, democracy and popular participation. ... Now, in our democracy, we live participation of people, "Dario Vias, a legislator of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Unified Socialist Party of Venezuela, told state-run VTV.
Critics of Chavez's government has also planned marches in at least 20 cities around the world to declare that "the current regime in Venezuela is a legal and political dictatorship," the organizer of a world without bail.
Chavez's opponents have criticized the decision last month's lame duck National Assembly of Venezuela gives him the power to enact laws by decree for 18 months.
Critics say the president has asked the authority to impose their agenda through the legislature after elections in September ruling weakened the hold on power.
But Chavez said he wanted the powers to be able to respond to the floods that left thousands homeless.