Following the contested July election, Venezuelan President Maduro swore in for a third term while protests erupted, highlighting continuing accusations of electoral fraud and repression.
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado made a rare public appearance to rally support and pressure against Maduro's government, but faced immediate detention by security forces.
Critics highlighted a wave of repression surrounding the inauguration, with multiple arrests of opposition activists and the UN expressing alarm at the continued violence against dissenters.
The international community, including the US and EU, has sided with opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, officially recognizing him as the legitimate president-elect, overshadowing Maduro's new term.
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