Riots over Venezuela’s presidential election continue

[KARAH RUCKER]

AT LEAST A DOZEN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND HUNDREDS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AS PROTESTS OVER VENEZUELA’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CONTINUE.

AUTHORITARIAN PRESIDENT NICOLÁS MADURO ACCUSED OPPOSITION LEADER MARÍA CORINA MACHADO AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE EDMUNDO GONZÁLEZ OF “CRIMINAL VIOLENCE” — AND A CLOSE ALLY IS CALLING FOR THEIR ARRESTS.

PROTESTERS ARE DEMANDING MADURO MAKE VOTING DATA FROM SUNDAY’S ELECTION PUBLIC.

VENEZUELA’S OPPOSITION AND MULTIPLE LATIN AMERICAN LEADERS ARE REFUSING TO RECOGNIZE MADURO’S VICTORY.

MACHADO SAID ON MONDAY THE COUNTRY’S OPPOSITION HAD ABOUT 73 PERCENT OF THE VOTING TALLIES FROM SUNDAY’S ELECTION —  PROVING MADURO DID *NOT* WIN.

THE NATIONAL ELECTORAL AUTHORITY HAS PROCLAIMED MADURO THE WINNER — GIVING HIM A THIRD TERM IN OFFICE AND EXTENDING 25 YEARS OF SOCIALIST PARTY RULE.