Venezuela’s autocrat Nicolas Maduro is sworn in amid accusations of stealing the election

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, whose nearly 12 years in office have been marked by economic collapse and political turmoil, was inaugurated for a third term in a ceremony in Caracas on Friday morning, defying international calls for him to step aside or show evidence of his declared victory. The World’s Tibisay Zea reports.

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