Didn’t Maduro lose the election? Did he thug his way back?
That was for their congress, not Maduro’s election.
Venezuela’s opposition has been sworn in as the majority in the National Assembly
http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2016-01-05/showdown-brews-as-venezuela-opposition-takes-over-congress
It’s the first time in 17 years that the opposition to the socialist revolution begun by the late President Hugo Chavez have controlled the legislature, and many of its leaders seemed rapt in disbelief.
But the two-thirds opposition majority won by a landslide last month, giving it unprecedented strength to challenge Maduro’s rule, was in doubt after a government-stacked Supreme Court barred four lawmakers from taking their seats at the last minute while it probes allegations of electoral fraud. As a result only 163 of 167 lawmakers were sworn in during Tuesday’s ceremony.