Days after Nicolas Maduro was declared the winner of the Venezuela Presidential Elections, massive protests have erupted in the capital of Caracas. Venezuelans were met with tear gas shells from the police as they protested the results of the presidential electi🌟ons held on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the opposition party claimed that their landslide victory had been stolen from them. Opposiꦬtion candidate Edmundo Gonzalez h🔯ad won with twice as many votes as Maduro.
Venezuelans Bang Pots & Pans In Anger, Threaten To Leave The Country
Sunday's election results triggered a "cacerolazos", 🐻which is a traditional Latin American protest where people bang pots and pans to express their anger🌸.
Police officials charged with shields and batons in the Venezuelan capital and fired tear gas to di🍷sperse the protestors.
Nicolas Maduro has been in power since 2013, following the death of his predecessor Hugo♍ Chavez. With Sunday's election results, Maduro welcomed his🦩 third consecutive term.
Maduro's re🐭turn to office also sparks the return of "Chavismo", the left-wing populist ideology in the cou💞ntry.
Meanwhile, in Co🔯ro, protestors tore down the statue of Hugo Chavez. As per the Venezuelan Conflict Observatory stated that 187 protests were recorded on Monday across 23 states in the country.
W🌟ith Maduro's return confirmed, many Venezuelans have also stated that t🅺hey would leave the country, citing the ongoing collapse of Venezuela's economy and violent repression under the Chavismo rule.
Final Results For Disputed Election Awaited
The results of the Venezuelan Elections are disputꦗed. 🐬Officially, the National Electoral Council declared Maduro as the winner.
As per the CNE, with 80 p𝐆ercent of the ballots, Maduro secured 51.2 percent of the votes while G🙈onzalez received 44.2 percent of the votes.
The official count is awaited. However, the opposition has claimed that Gonzalez had received over six million votes whereas Madu🔯ro received only 2.7 million votes.
The results ℱhave also been rejected by many count♍ries such as the United STates and fellow Latin American countries.
While the US stated the results do not "reflect the people's will", Latin American countries such as Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, the 𒐪Dominican Republic and Uruguay refused to recognise the results and recalled t👍heir diplomatic staff in Venezuela.
