US EditionVenezuela’s electoral body declares Maduro winner of country’s disputed presidential election
- Nicolás Maduro has been declared the winner of Venezuela's presidential election, obtaining 51% of the vote, according to the National Electoral Council .
- Opposition leaders claim election irregularities occurred, including restricted access for opposition witnesses during vote counting.
- Venezuelans protested in Caracas after the electoral authority's announcement, with critics alleging fraud in the election process.
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Venezuela opposition has 73% of vote tallies, says its victory is irreversible
Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Monday that the country's opposition has 73.2 percent of the voting tallies from Sunday's election, allowing it to prove election results it says give it a victory.
Venezuela's opposition says it can document its incontrovertible victory in Sunday's presidential election. Opposition leader María Corina Machado said she had at her disposal 73.2 percent of electoral records showing a clear victory for presidential candidate Edmund González Urrutia. But the government-controlled electoral body had already declared incumbent authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro as the winner on Monday, without releasing the e…
Venezuela opposition says its victory is irreversible, protests turn violent
Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Monday (29 July) the country's opposition has 73.2% of the voting tallies from Sunday's election, allowing it to prove election results it says give it a victory.
Protests erupt in Venezuela over Maduro's re-election as security forces crack down and opposition claims electoral fraud; international calls grow for greater transparency in vote recount.
While ruler Nicolás Maduro allows himself to be celebrated as the winner, protests are breaking out across the country. Some are tearing down statues of the former folk hero Chávez. The police react harshly. There are said to be injured people and one dead.
After the elections of the legitimate authority, psychological pressure, arrests, and violence were used against protesters. At least one person died in the riots, according to a government-affiliated organization.
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