Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro holds up his electronic voting receipt before placing it in a box during congressional elections in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. Maduro had repeatedly vowed in recent weeks to take to the streets if his party lost. But the president changed his tone on Saturday, saying: "In Venezuela, peace and democracy must reign. I've said we'll take the fight to the streets, but maybe I was wrong." (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro says he won't be cowed by the opposition's landslide legislative election victory, and is promising to continue deepening the country's socialist revolution.
Speaking from the mausoleum of the late President Hugo Chavez Tuesday night, Maduro said he would fight the agenda of the new opposition Congress. He promised to reject a law that opposition leaders have promised to pass that would free imprisoned anti-government activists.
He also pledged to shake up his cabinet so that the administration could continue pursuing its revolutionary project in the wisest way possible.
The opposition won a two-thirds majority of Congress in Sunday's voting, which in theory will allow it to implement laws even without Maduro's approval.
Pro-government supporters watch the latest election information from National Electoral Council, on a television set, outside of a polling station in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. Some members of the opposition are angry after elections officials ordered polling centers to stay open for an extra hour, even if no one was standing in line to vote, during the day's congressional elections. Government opponents mobbed some voting stations demanding that the National Guard stick to the original schedule of closing at 6 p.m. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra)
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Opposition lawmaker Julio Borges, who was reelected to Congress, is congratulated by a supporter before a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Dec. 7, 2015. Venezuela's opposition won control of the National Assembly by a landslide in Sunday's election, stunning the ruling party and altering the balance of power 17 years after the late Hugo Chavez was elected president. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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Opposition lawmaker Miguel Pizarro, who was reelected to Congress, greets supporters as he arrives for a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Dec. 7, 2015. Venezuela's opposition won control of the National Assembly by a landslide in Sunday's election, stunning the ruling party and altering the balance of power 17 years after the late Hugo Chavez was elected president. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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Opposition supporters celebrate in Caracas, Venezuela, early Monday, Dec. 7, 2015. Venezuela's opposition has won control of the National Assembly by a landslide. Election officials say Venezuela's opposition won at least 99 seats in the incoming 167-seat National Assembly and the ruling socialist party 46.(AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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Lilian Tintori, the wife of jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, yells in Spanish: "For the freedom of political prisoners" as she holds up her electronic voting receipt before placing it in a box during congressional elections in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. Polls show the opposition coalition holding a 30 point lead ahead of Sunday's congressional election. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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