Venezuela opposition urges protests against Maduro’s inauguration

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Venezuelan opposition leaders called on their supporters Tuesday to prepare for mass protests against the start of President Nicolas Maduro's third term in office on January 10.

"The moment is approaching when we will once again take to the streets of Venezuela to claim victory," said María Corina Machado, who went into hiding following the disputed July election.

"Let's get ready. We'll see each other in the streets in January," she said in a video published on social media, without giving details of the planned action.

Opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, who is in exile in Spain, urged Venezuelans to "commit together to upholding" his own mandate.

Demonstrations broke out across the country after Maduro was proclaimed the winner of the July 28 election, despite results published by the opposition appearing to show their candidate won by a landslide.

The protests left 28 dead, around 200 injured and more than 2,400 under arrest.

Only a handful of countries, including Venezuelan ally Russia, have recognised Maduro as the winner.

The United States and the European Parliament have recognised González Urrutia as "president-elect."

The G7 group of nations, which comprises the United States, Canada, Italy, Germany, Britain, Japan and France, said it considered González Urrutia the election winner.

González Urrutia, 75, fled with his wife in September after being threatened with arrest by Maduro's government.

– TIMES/AFP

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