The Latest Breaking News from Hugo Chávez

Leader says ‘perverse and macabre’ electoral rivals are stoking protests as US official calls for governments to acknowledge Edmundo González Urrutia as election winner

Post-election protests are far from uncommon in Venezuela. In 2018, people took to the streets to contest President Nicolás Maduro’s reelection; they did so again in 2019 when the Venezuelan opposition proclaimed National Assembly representative Juan Guaidó as interim president in defiance of a vote they said was rigged.

María Corina Machado says president should understand he lost vote, amid international doubts over victory claim

From tearing down posters of Maduro's presidential campaign to tumbling down statues of Chávez, protesters unloaded their frustration throughout the day

Pot-banging protests erupt in Caracas after opposition claims chavista leader’s presidential re-election was rigged

Protests seen around country after results appear to dash opposition hopes of ending quarter century of chavista rule

Nicolás Maduro faces calls to publish transparent breakdown of vote but allies hail his apparent victory

Washington says it has ‘serious concerns’ about result, while president of Uruguay says it is open secret Maduro would win ‘whatever real results were’

After being proclaimed winner of Sunday's elections in Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro gave a long speech in which he remembered Hugo Chávez, promised peace, asked for international respect for the results, and claimed there was a hack of the electoral system, which delayed the vote counting process.