Nicolas Maduro was inaugurated as President of Venezuela despite claims of electoral fraud. The opposition leaders, who had promised to topple him, released messages on social media but did not stop Maduro.

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

Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro was sworn in for a third presidential term on Friday, despite overwhelming evidence that he lost July’s presidential election to opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez,