On January 10th, President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro was sworn in by the National Assembly for a new mandate, which will last until year 2031, after being elected by the Venezuelan people last July 28th. teleSUR
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00:00On January 10th, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in by the National Assembly
00:04for his third constitutional term.
00:07Our correspondent Junius Soner and Belén de los Santos with the details.
00:11January 10th finally came and turned into a people's party on the streets of Caracas.
00:16Early in the morning, people started gathering downtown and minutes before 11 a.m.,
00:22Nicolás Maduro was sworn in as Venezuela's president for a new mandate.
00:26Before this great National Assembly, legislative power of the Republic,
00:33before visitors and delegates from 125 countries, before the people of Venezuela,
00:40I swear by Huaycaipuro and indigenous peoples, I swear by Pedro Camejo, El Negro Primero,
00:47and José Leonardo Chirinos, I swear by Bolívar, by Izucre, by Urdaneta, by Manuela Sáenz,
00:56I swear by the eternal memory of our beloved chief and commander, Hugo Chávez,
01:02and I swear by the historic, noble, and brave people of Venezuela,
01:07before this Constitution, that I will comply with all its mandates,
01:12that I will comply with all the obligations of the Constitution and the laws of the Republic,
01:18and that this new presidential term will be the term of peace, prosperity, equality,
01:24and a new democracy, I swear by history, I swear by my life,
01:31and so I will comply, and we will comply, I swear.
01:44Outside the National Assembly, the people followed the inauguration ceremony
01:48and the presidential speech. Workers, women, and the youth joined the celebrations
01:53for a new chapter of the revolutionary process.
02:15Newly inaugurated President Nicolás Maduro highlighted that this was an inauguration
02:20for and with the people, the people in return consider his election as their own victory.
02:50The unity between the President and the people culminated in taking the oath together
02:55in front of the presidential palace Miraflores in late afternoon.
03:11With President Maduro's third term, Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution enters a new stage,
03:17one that promises to strengthen the people's power and sovereignty.