Venezuela: Maduro Takes Office for Second Term Amid Rising International Tensions
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The US State Department and the Organization of American States declared that they would not “recognize” Maduro’s inauguration.
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Maduro was sworn in by Supreme Court President Maikel Moreno. (Presidential Press)
By Ricardo Vaz
Pays de Gex, France, January 11, 2018 (venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was sworn in on Thursday for his second six-year term in office.
Following his electoral victory on May 20, 2018, Maduro was inaugurated in a ceremony held in the country’s Supreme Court.
The inauguration usually takes place before the National Assembly. However, due to the opposition-held legislative body being declared in contempt of court in 2016 and therefore “null and void,” the ceremony took place instead in the...