2025-01-07
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They are preparing for the coronation,
says a bakery manager in Caracas, Venezuela's capital.
as teams of cleaners spruce up the streets outside.
On January 10th,
Nicolás Maduro will be sworn in for his third term as president in the National Assembly's building nearby.
His inauguration will defy the popular will.
In July, a clear majority of Venezuelans voted against him,
only for the electoral authority,
which the regime controls,
to declare that Mr. Maduro had won the election with 52% of the vote.
It will not be the first time that he has donned the presidential sash amid controversy.
The previous election, in 2018, was also a sham,
with key opposition leaders barred from taking part.
But this time the rigging went further.
The opposition had collated and published tens of thousands of receipts from voting machines to prove that its candidate had won,