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And if the results are proven false, will Venezuela finally move away from authoritarian rule?

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

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro won re-election with 51% of Sunday's vote, the electoral council announced on Monday, following a campaign marred by claims of opposition intimidation and fears of fraud. Opposition candidate Edmundo González, who had been leading in independent polls, won 44% of the vote.

Elvis Amoroso said that, with over 80% of the votes tallied, the president got over 50% of the vote

The Florida Senator sounded the alarm from the closing of the polls about potential electoral fraud in Venezuela. Marco Rubio expressed his concern about the legitimacy of the process.

Result with 80% of votes is immediately challenged by opposition and several governments

Edison Research revealed an exit poll that projects Edmundo González Urrutia will defeat Nicolás Maduro in a landslide win

Venezuelans are choosing whether to give another six years to President Nicolás Maduro and extend the policies that have caused the world’s worst peacetime economic collapse, or whether to go with his last-minute opponent, retired diplomat Edmundo González

González answered a series of questions from the Latin Times ahead of the country's consequential elections