Doubts cloud Venezuela's election results as both Maduro and the opposition declare victory

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The National Electoral Council (CNE) gave Maduro 51 percent of the votes, against 44 percent for Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, the soft-spoken proxy for wildly popular opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.
Buenos Aires Times
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Venezuelans gathered Tuesday in a peaceful show of opposition support as their leader urged the military not to "repress the people" a day after four died in protests against President Nicolas Maduro's disputed presidential victory.
Hindustan Times
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Venezuela's National Electoral Council on Monday declared Maduro the winner of the election, paving the way for his third six-year term, from 2025 to 2031.
XinhuaNet
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On election night in Buenos Aires, at a vigil for Maduro's government - known as 'Chavistas' after former President Hugo Chavez - spectators had carried signs labeled "RIP Chavismo." But, the Buenos Aires Herald reported, Venezuelans living in Argentina had their "hopes dashed" when a Maduro win was announced.
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