Venezuelan Presidential Election

A Venezuelan electoral official denounces lack of transparency in the presidential vote, claiming irregularities and evidence of the opposition candidate winning by a large margin. Maduro declared winner despite calls for transparency.

Venezuelan Presidential Election

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken asserts that the opposition candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia, won the recent presidential election in Venezuela, not the current authoritarian leader, President Nicolas Maduro.