La líder de la oposición María Corina Machado habló en un video publicado en las redes sociales en el que llamó a los venezolanos a protestar para aumentar la presión sobre el presidente Nicolás Maduro,

STORY: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was sworn in for a third term on Friday despite a months-long election dispute and international calls for him to stand aside.Maduro's nearly 12 years in power have been marked by deep economic and social crisis.

Machado’s appearance at the rally was her first public appearance in months, since a government crackdown on Venezeulan opposition figures and their supporters last year.

Machado was released after a brief detention while leaving a protest in Caracas Thursday on the eve of President Nicolas Maduro’s inauguration.

It is not viable for Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez to enter the country, his ally Maria Corina Machado said on Friday, shortly after President Nicolas Maduro was sworn in for a third term despite months of controversy over the country's contested July election.

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President-elect Donald Trump gave Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro a stern warning on Thursday not to harm his country’s opposition leader.

President Nicolás Maduro will extend his increasingly repressive rule over Venezuela until 2031 when he is sworn in on Friday, despite credible evidence that his opponent won the latest election and following protests against his plan to serve a third six-year term.

Nicolás Maduro took the oath before parliament, vowing his third six-year term in office would be a "period of peace".

Maduro has ramped up his crackdown on the opposition, which international observers believe comfortably beat him in last year’s election.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is set to be sworn in for a third term on Friday amid protests and international calls for him to stand aside.