
In a hotly contested and controversial presidential election in Venezuela on Sunday night, both the incumbent, Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro, and the opposition nominee, Democratic Unitary Platform candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia declared victory.
Venezuela’s National Electoral Council declared Maduro the winner on Sunday night, claiming he won more than 51% of the vote, according to multiple reports. However, numerous exit polls revealed that Urrutia should have won. The election received significant attention and scrutiny as the world’s leaders watched the South American nation’s election with great interest.
Previous communiques from the State Department labeled Maduro a corrupt dictator of an illegitimate regime in Venezuela. Many leaders expressed skepticism over Maduro’s victory, CNN reported, concerned that it was a rigged elec …