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

President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for another six years on Friday, despite evidence that he lost a July election decisively.

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, whose nearly 12 years in office have been marked by a deep economic and social crisis, was sworn in for his third term on Friday, remaining in power despite a six-month-long dispute over a contested July election and international calls for him to stand aside.

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