Venezuela’s Tiananmen moment: The woman and the armored truck

(CNN) It was another day of violent protests in Venezuela’s capital of Caracas, where a convoy of armored trucks, or “rinocerontes,” inched forward on a major highway as smoke drifted overhead.

Opposition leaders had planned “the mother of all marches” to mark a holiday commemorating the country’s independence from Spain. At least three people were shot and killed, and the streets were littered with debris and blood.

Then a woman stepped out of the smoke and in front of one of the hulking National Guard trucks, stopping them in their tracks.

And amidst the chaos came a lasting moment.

The unknown woman, known locally only as “La Dama,” wore a hat adorned with Venezuela’s national colors and the country’s flag draped around her neck.

In a video posted to Twitter, she ran up to the truck until she got in front of it and it stopped. Unfazed by a nearby explosion, she placed her hands on the vehicle’s front fender.

Another video by La Patilla’s Eduardo Ríos captured the scene a few moments later.

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