Nicolás Maduro's inauguration on Friday for a third term as Venezuela's president drew widespread admonishment from countries that have accused him of stealing the July election.

Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro was sworn in for a third presidential term on Friday, despite overwhelming evidence that he lost July’s presidential election to opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez,

Venezuela’s authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for a third six-year term with all the pomp and circumstance of an inauguration, a sash with the colors of the country’s flag around his chest.