President Nicolás Maduro will be sworn in for another six years on Friday, and he is hoping to use foreign prisoners to get his way on the global stage.

Nicolas Maduro will be sworn in as president of Venezuela for the third consecutive time amid protests against him and accusations of electoral fraud.

However, opposition candidate Edmundo González says that he will return to the country and be the one to be sworn in as president

President Nicolás Maduro will extend his increasingly repressive rule over Venezuela until 2031 when he is sworn in on Friday, despite credible evidence that his opponent won the latest election and following protests against his plan to serve a third six-year term.

Venezuela is set to inaugurate a head of state on Friday – but there are still two men claiming to be the nation’s rightful president.

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, in office since 2013, is due to take the oath of office for a third term Friday despite a global outcry that brought thousands out in protest on the ceremony's eve.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Friday will face more international rebuke than at any time in his 12 years in power.

The next presidential term in Venezuela is set to begin Friday, as the opposition leader is trying to garner international support following meetings with President Biden, and other world leaders.

During her detention, an aide said, Maria Corina Machado “was forced to record several videos.” She has garnered enormous support for her opposition to Nicolás Maduro.

Venezuela’s exiled opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia has urged the Venezuelan military to recognize him as their commander-in-chief and “put an end to the leadership” of President Nicolás Maduro,

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday denounced "another unacceptable act of repression" in Venezuela, after an opposition leader was briefly detained when leaving a rally against President Nicolas Maduro.