(FILE) A soldier stands guard inside a supermarket in San Antonio de Tachira, Venezuela, close to the border with Colombia, on August 27, 2015. Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro decreed a state of "economic emergency" on January 15, 2016, seizing the initiative in a political standoff with the opposition in the oil-rich state. "A state of economic emergency is declared across the whole territory of the nation" in accordance with the constitution, "for 60 days," read the decree published by the official state journal. AFP PHOTO / GEORGE CASTELLANOS / AFP / George CASTELLANOS