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Venezuelan President Maduro Begins Second Term, As Millions Leave The Country

Migrants are fleeing hyperinflation and widespread hunger. More than a dozen governments in the Americas have rejected the legitimacy of Maduro's re-election.

Nicolas Maduro has been sworn in as president of Venezuela, taking power for six more years amid an economic crisis that has caused an outpouring of migrants from the country.

The socialist successor to Hugo Chavez won re-election to a second term last May, in a contest that was denounced as a sham by the United States, Canada and a dozen Latin American nations.

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