Venezuela latest: Maduro sworn in as president amid lack of global support and mounting condemnation

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for a third six-year term after a reelection widely viewed as illegitimate and as his administration grows increasingly brazen in cracking down on its opponents. Venezuela’s legislative palace, where he was sworn in on Friday, was heavily guarded by police, military and intelligence officers. Crowds of people, many sporting pro-Maduro T-shirts, gathered in adjacent streets and a nearby plaza.