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REACTION: Maduro Declared Winner of Venezuela’s Disputed Election

By AQ Editors

Government-controlled electoral authorities claim Maduro won, while the opposition rejected the official count.

Venezuela's most consequential election in a generation ended in controversy as both President Nicolás Maduro and opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, a former diplomat, claimed victory. This set the stage for a prolonged and contentious confirmation process.After delays in releasing the official preliminary results, the government-controlled electoral authority, CNE, declared Maduro as the winner of the controversial contest with 51.2% of the vote compared to 44.2% for González Urrutia. Addressing the nation in the early hours of Monday, María Corina Machado and...

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