CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Inauguration day could have gone better for the man picked to lead Venezuela's socialist revolution for the next six years.
Hours before President Nicolas Maduro's swearing-in, his government announced it would allow a full audit of the razor-thin vote that the opposition says he won by fraud, which analysts said was likely a bow to both domestic and international pressure.
Then the massive crowds that used to pack the streets for late leader Hugo Chavez failed to appear.
Finally, a spectator rushed the stage and interrupted Maduro's inaugural speech, shouting into the microphone before he was grabbed by security .... http://www.nytimes.com
