Venezuela’s Maduro Sworn In for Third Term As Opposition Vows Resistance

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Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for a third term after what many consider to be an illegitimate election win. The leader of the opposition, María Corina Machado, says they are still preparing to resist.

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00:00And that this new presidential period will be the period of peace, prosperity, equality

00:07and new democracy.

00:08I swear by history, I swear by my life, and so I will fulfill.

00:15President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro is sworn in for a third term, after an election

00:20victory in July, widely considered fraudulent.

00:24It comes as the United States is offering a reward of 25 million U.S. dollars for information

00:30leading to Maduro's arrest.

00:33Supporters of Maduro came out to attend his inauguration ceremony, while the leader of

00:38the country's political opposition is calling the president's continued rule a coup.

00:43Maduro consolidated the coup d'état and the violation of our constitution.

00:50It is time to do what is necessary to restore it.

00:55Machado made the comments in her first public appearance since August, when she went into

01:00hiding.

01:01She was briefly arrested and released after appearing at a rally the day before inauguration.

01:07The candidate the opposition says won, Edmundo González Urrutia, said he would return from

01:12exile for the inauguration.

01:14But after threats of arrest and violence from the Maduro regime, Machado said now is not

01:20the right time.

01:36While the opposition prepares for resistance, Maduro followed his inauguration with a military

01:41ceremony that saw soldiers swear an oath of loyalty.

01:45Soldiers who may soon be called on to ensure Maduro faces no challenges from his opponents.

01:51Joseph Wu and Chris Gorin for Taiwan Plus.

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