Nicolás Maduro is set to begin a third six-year term as Venezuela's president, despite serious doubts about the validity of last year's election results. Opposition leader Edmundo González claims to have won the election, but the government's lack of transparency in handling the vote count has fueled controversy. While Maduro enjoys the support of his party and loyalists, González's whereabouts and plans remain unclear.
The doubts stem from the government’s lack of transparency in handling and announcing the results of the presidential election., when the ruling party-controlled congress hosts a swearing-in ceremony for President Nicolás Maduro , despite serious doubts about the validity of last year’s official election results.
The doubts stem from the government’s lack of transparency in handling and announcing the results of the presidential election. Global condemnation over the lack of transparency prompted Maduro to ask the country’s high court, also filled with allies of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela, to audit the election results. The court, without showing thorough evidence, subsequently reaffirmed Maduro’s victory and encouraged the electoral council to release the vote counts.
“Maduro is not going to leave on his own, we must make him leave with the strength of a population that never gives up,” Machado said in a social media video. “Go outside, shout, fight. It is time to stand firm, and make them understand that this is as far as they go. That this is over.” The government’s centralized public information office did not immediately respond to a request from The Associated Press for a list of the heads of state who have confirmed their attendance.
Maduro’s last inauguration, in 2019, was attended by Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel and then-Bolivian President Evo Morales.The food shortages and four-digit inflation that characterized most of Maduro’s 11-year presidency are gone, but the country’s protracted crisis has no end in sight.
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