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Following widespread calls from global leaders to verify the results of Sunday's presidential election, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro tasked the country's top court with auditing the election. Initial results showed Maduro winning another term, but many expressed doubts about the legitimacy of the elections and the court's ability to be…

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, facing mounting pressure to offer evidence his election victory was valid, said Wednesday that opposition leaders Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia should be imprisoned following deadly protests across the country.

International criticism of President Maduro following Venezuela's election; calls for transparency and new election.

Opposition leaders dispute incumbent president’s defeat of main challenger Edmundo Gonzalez with 51 per cent of votes

A leading figure within Venezuela’s opposition coalition was arrested on Tuesday, his party said, denouncing an "escalation of repression" amid protests that erupted Monday against the reelection of President Nicolas Maduro during which at least 11 people died and dozens were injured, according to a local NGO.

Both the incumbent president Nicolas Maduro and opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez claim to have won the popular vote in Venezuela

The normally bustling Venezuelan capital is unusually quiet a day after the country’s political opposition and its entrenched incumbent both claimed victory in a presidential election

Venezuela’s dictatorial president, Nicolás Maduro, has remained in power following a hotly contested election on Sunday, July 28. He had promised to win by any means necessary and that is exactly what he appears to have done.

About 7.7 million Venezuelans have already left the country over the past years. That number may increase with the election results