President Nicolás Maduro will be sworn in for another six years on Friday, and he is hoping to use foreign prisoners to get his way on the global stage.

Venezuela is bracing for heightened political tension as opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez has pledged to return to the country just before President Nicolás Maduro’s inauguration on Friday

Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was detained at a march in Caracas on Thursday in her first public appearance in months and her ally, former presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, demanded she be freed immediately.

Edmundo González has become a beacon of hope for millions of Venezuelans. They want to call him president. He believes he won that office at the ballot box last year.

Venezuela announces a $100,000 reward for information on the whereabouts of the opposition candidate who said he defeated Maduro in the presidential election.

As Venezuela’s strongman leader prepares to be sworn in as president, the country’s opposition vows to fight on.

The Maduro government says it has arrested at least nine U.S. citizens in the months since Venezuela’s widely discredited presidential election.

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, in office since 2013, is due to take the oath of office for a third term Friday despite a global outcry that brought thousands out in protest on the ceremony's eve.

Maria Corina Machado was arrested while leaving a protest march, local media and party officials report. The opposition is back on the streets on the eve of Nicolas Maduro being sworn in for a third term.

Opposition and independent election observers claim Venezuela election was stolen with Maduro winning just 30 per cent votes