{"id":52576,"date":"2025-01-10T19:37:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T19:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/venezuela-s-president-nicolas-maduro-sworn-in-for-third-term\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T19:39:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T19:39:57","slug":"venezuela-s-president-nicolas-maduro-sworn-in-for-third-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/venezuela-s-president-nicolas-maduro-sworn-in-for-third-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela\u2019s President Nicolas Maduro sworn in for third term"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro was sworn in for a third six-year term on Friday, following a contentious election marked by claims of voter fraud. <\/p>\n<p>His opponent, Edmundo Gonz\u00e1lez, had declared victory in the July election, alleging widespread irregularities.<\/p>\n<p>Maduro&#8217;s inauguration defied mounting international pressure and sanctions, particularly from the United States, which has recognized Gonz\u00e1lez as the winner of the presidential race. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;May this new presidential term be a period of peace, of prosperity, of equality and the new democracy,&#8221; Maduro declared, pledging to uphold the laws of Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>The swearing-in ceremony came a day after a rare public appearance by opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado, who led a protest against Maduro&#8217;s rule. <\/p>\n<p>According to Machado&#8217;s team, she was briefly detained during the demonstration, adding to the ongoing tensions.<\/p>\n<p>Maduro, a former bus driver, rose to power following the death of left-wing leader Hugo Ch\u00e1vez in 2013. <\/p>\n<p>His leadership has been plagued by accusations of authoritarianism, along with severe economic and political crises that have deeply affected the country.<\/p>\n<p>The July 28 presidential election sparked widespread protests, with many Venezuelans contesting the results. <\/p>\n<p>However, a heavy-handed government response quickly quelled the demonstrations. During the unrest, an estimated 2,000 people were arrested, and at least 25 lost their lives.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-80042\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/w980-p16x9-2021-01-22t205217z_715257981_rc28dl924n4a_rtrmadp_3_health-coronavirus-venezuela.jpg\" alt=\"Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro was sworn in for a third six-year term on Friday, January 10, 2025.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro was sworn in for a third six-year term on Friday, following a contentious election marked by claims of voter fraud. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000080043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-52576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-48","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000080043,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton34776.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton34776.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton34776.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton34776.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton34776.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/arton34776.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000080043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52576"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=52576"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=52576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}