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Published on: 06/01/2025 | 06:03:16
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Maduro is expected to begin a third six-year term amid demonstrations by his supporters. It is unclear if anyone among the millions who voted for his main challenger, Edmundo González, will also protest. Taking the oath of office will cement a mishmash of policies that allowed the government to end the scarcities and runaway inflation. Opposition collected tally sheets from 80% of the nation’s electronic voting machines. But electoral authorities never did and neither did the ruling party. Global condemnation over the lack of transparency prompted Maduro to ask the country’s high court to audit the election results. Maria Corina Machado urged supporters to demonstrate on Thursday to push Maduro out of office. Maduro has faced criticism for the election’s lack of transparency from dozens of countries. Maduro’s last inauguration, in 2019, was attended by Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel and then-Bolivian President Evo Morales. These days, the average Venezuelan must cope with a monthly minimum wage of less than $2, soaring food prices, irregular fuel supply and a substandard public education system. But at the same time, a lucky few with ties to Madouro and his allies benefit from jobs and contracts that allow them to afford imported toilet paper
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