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Some 21 million Venezuelans are registered to vote
- JUAN BARRETO
President Nicolas Maduro (L) is seeking a third six-year term, but polls show opposition rival Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia (R) in the lead
- Federico PARRA
The National Electoral Council (CNE) is seen as loyal to the Maduro government
- JUAN BARRETO
Long queues of voters formed at several voting stations hours before polls opened at 6:00 am (1000 GMT)
- Federico PARRA
But the opposition coalition insisted it had garnered 70 percent of the vote
- Juan BARRETO
Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, a 74-year-old former diplomat, was reluctantly thrust to the top of the opposition ticket after its leader -- wildly popular Maria Corina Machado -- was disqualified by the state apparatus
- RAUL ARBOLEDA
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (L) and opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia cast their votes in Caracas
- Juan BARRETO, Raul ARBOLEDA
Chart showing the yearly change in Venezuela's GDP
- Gabriela VAZ
- Alfred DAVIES
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado campaigned far and wide for her proxy, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia
- Federico PARRA
Most Venezuelans live on just a few dollars a month, with the population enduring biting shortages of electricity and fuel
- JUAN BARRETO
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro reacts after results were announced in Caracas in the country's presidential election, in which Maduro was declared the winner and opposition groups protested
- Yuri CORTEZ
Some 21 million Venezuelans are registered to vote
- JUAN BARRETO
President Nicolas Maduro (L) is seeking a third six-year term, but polls show opposition rival Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia (R) in the lead
- Federico PARRA
The National Electoral Council (CNE) is seen as loyal to the Maduro government
- JUAN BARRETO
Long queues of voters formed at several voting stations hours before polls opened at 6:00 am (1000 GMT)
- Federico PARRA
But the opposition coalition insisted it had garnered 70 percent of the vote
- Juan BARRETO
Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, a 74-year-old former diplomat, was reluctantly thrust to the top of the opposition ticket after its leader -- wildly popular Maria Corina Machado -- was disqualified by the state apparatus
- RAUL ARBOLEDA
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (L) and opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia cast their votes in Caracas
- Juan BARRETO, Raul ARBOLEDA
Chart showing the yearly change in Venezuela's GDP
- Gabriela VAZ
- Alfred DAVIES
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado campaigned far and wide for her proxy, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia
- Federico PARRA
Most Venezuelans live on just a few dollars a month, with the population enduring biting shortages of electricity and fuel
- JUAN BARRETO
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro reacts after results were announced in Caracas in the country's presidential election, in which Maduro was declared the winner and opposition groups protested
- Yuri CORTEZ
Nicolas Maduro was declared the winner of Venezuela's presidential election Sunday but the opposition and key regional neighbours immediately rejected the official results.
The opposition coalition itself claimed victory, after an election campaign tainted by accusations of political intimidation and fears of fraud, and following predictions by pollsters that Maduro would lose but was unlikely to concede after more than a decade in power.
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