Chavez Heir Maduro Sworn in as Vote Dispute Roils Investors
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Nicolas Maduro was sworn in as Venezuela’s president after a week in which rising tensions with the opposition over the disputed April 14 vote undermined investor confidence in how the government will manage the world’s largest oil reserves.
Maduro, 50, accepted the yellow, blue and red presidential sash from Maria Gabriela Chavez, the daughter of late President Hugo Chavez, after taking the oath of office at a ceremony in Caracas. Maduro’s inauguration speech was briefly interrupted when a man ran up to the podium at the National Assembly building and grabbed the microphone away from him.