Maduro has been declared the winner of the presidential vote on Sunday; however, the opposition has also contested these results.
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has won a third term after Sunday’s tightly contested election, according to the country’s electoral authorities.
The National Electoral Council (CNE) in Venezuela announced that, with 80 percent of votes counted, Maduro secured over 51 percent of the vote, achieving a majority over Edmundo Gonzalez of the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), who received more than 44 percent.
However, the opposition has disputed the results, claiming victory as well, saying that their own records indicated their candidate — former diplomat Gonzalez — received 70 percent of the vote compared to Maduro.
Amid the turmoil, here is what we know and what might come next for the country.
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