CARACAS — Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, in office since 2013, is due to take the oath of office for a third term Friday despite a global uproar that brought thousands out in protest on the ceremony's eve.
CARACAS — Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro , in office since 2013, is due to take the oath of office for a third term Friday despite a global uproar that brought thousands out in protest on the ceremony's eve.Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who came out of hiding to lead a demonstration in Caracas Thursday, was briefly detained after the rally, according to her team — reigniting international condemnation of Maduro 's alleged vote steal and cowing of critics.
'Wanted'Government opponents have reported a new wave of repression ahead of Maduro's swearing-in, including the arrest of another opposition presidential candidate, the head of a press freedom NGO, and Gonzalez Urrutia's son-in-law.The United Nations voiced alarm this week at reports of arbitrary detention and intimidation.More than 2,400 people were arrested, 28 killed, and about 200 injured in protests that met Maduro's claim of election victory last year.
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