Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, in power since 2013, was sworn in for a third six-year term on Friday despite a global outcry that brought thousands out in protest on the eve of the ceremony.Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado,

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for a third term on Friday, following an election that many in the international community and the opposition considered rigged. State television showed the president of the National Assembly,

Nicolás Maduro took the oath before parliament, vowing his third six-year term in office would be a "period of peace".