Protestors from across Latin America took to the streets Thursday, rallying against the inauguration of President Nicolás Maduro for a third term.

Global condemnation over the lack of transparency prompted Maduro to ask the country’s high court — also filled with allies of his United Socialist Party of Venezuela — to a

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro delivers a speech during a meeting of leaders of the member states of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America and the Treaty of Commerce and Promotion (ALBA-TCP),

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado's aides claim she was detained Thursday, despite denials by the country's socialist government.

On Truth Social​, President-elect Donald Trump warned Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro not to harm opposition leaders.