Venezuela's Maduro Sworn In For Second Six-year Term

Venezuela's Maduro sworn in for second six-year term

Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro was sworn in Thursday for a second term as president of the crisis-wracked Latin American country

Caracas, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th May, 2018 ) :Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro was sworn in Thursday for a second term as president of the crisis-wracked Latin American country. Maduro swore "to respect and enforce the Constitution and lead all revolutionary changes" in a ceremony at the Constituent Assembly, which he set up himself last year and stacked with his supporters.

The 55-year-old former bus driver was re-elected Sunday in a vote boycotted by the main opposition and widely condemned by the international community, including the United States, which denounced it as a "sham."