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Dozens of Venezuelans took to the streets in Caracas on Sunday calling for the release of prisoners detained in protests against the disputed reelection of President Nicolas Maduro.

The United States said Tuesday it recognizes opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia as president-elect of Venezuela -- the first time it called him that -- four months after a disputed election in which incumbent Nicolas Maduro claimed victory amid accusations of fraud.

Both him and the opposition expressed hope for strengthening their relations with the United States.

Pair honoured three months after election they say was rigged in favour of President Nicolas Maduro.

The EU parliament awarded the bloc's top rights Sakharov prize on Thursday to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and her ally, former presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia.

Small groups of opposition protesters rallied Saturday in Venezuela, joined by supporters outside the country, marking two months since the country's disputed election that President Nicolas Maduro claimed to have won.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's hold on power is "unsustainable" given the widespread rejection of his claim to reelection, opposition leader Maria Corina Machado told AFP on Friday.

FRANCE 24 spoke to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who was supposed to run as the opposition's candidate for president in the July 28 election, before she was barred from doing so. Instead, veteran diplomat Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia ran in her place. According to independent exit polling voting machine…

Venezuela's opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia said Wednesday he had been coerced into signing a letter distributed by Venezuelan authorities in which he supposedly conceded election defeat to strongman President Nicolas Maduro.

The United States, Spain and the Czech Republic on Monday demanded information from Venezuela about six of their citizens detained in the South American country over an alleged plot to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro.

The three Americans were detained alongside Spanish and Czech citizens with 400 US rifles seized, interior minister claims