Nicolás Maduro says that 'in gratitude' to the country's people, he will bring forward Christmas to October.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has declared that Christmas will come early this year, on 1 October, as he seeks to impart some holiday cheer after a disputed presidential election the opposition claims he stole. The 61-year-old is set for a third six-year term despite an outcry from the opposition and international community over the results of the election on 28 July.
The United States and several South American countries support the Venezuelan opposition's claim to victory, while even Maduro-friendly Mexico, Colombia and Brazil have refused to recognise the official result without seeing detailed vote tallies. The elections agency has said it cannot publish the records as hackers had corrupted the data, although observers have said there was no evidence of that.
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