CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for a third six-year term Friday despite international condemnation of his recent reelection as illegitimate, as his administration grows increasingly brazen in cracking down on opponents.
The country’s legislative palace, where he was sworn in, was heavily guarded by police, military and intelligence officers. Crowds of people, many sporting pro-Maduro T-shirts, gathered in adjacent streets and a nearby plaza.
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Opposition leader González: ‘I am the president-elect’
Former presidential candidate and opposition leader Edmundo González said that he represents the will of Venezuelans and declared he is the country’s president-elect.
In a video recorded from the Dominican Republic and released
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