Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for a new term on Friday, extending his increasingly repressive rule in the face of renewed protests and rebukes from the United States and others who believe he stole last year's vote.

Aides to Venezuela opposition leader María Corina Machado say she was detained but they've been contradicted by authorities who accuse government opponents of trying to spark an international crisis

Maduro’s inauguration seals an election outcome that opposition politicians and the US government say was stolen.

Almost no one outside Venezuela, and fewer people in the country, see him as a legitimate leader.

Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro began a third term as president on Friday, cementing his increasingly authoritarian rule.