Venezuela at a standstill as Maduro is declared winner but vote tallies have yet to be released

Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela is facing a political standstill after both incumbent President Nicolás Maduro and the country’s main opposition coalition claimed victory in Sunday’s presidential election. Maduro’s ruling party considers the results of the election a settled matter. But opposition candidate Edmundo González on Monday said his campaign has the proof it needs to show that he was the winner of the election. González and opposition leader María Corina Machado told supporters gathered outside his campaign headquarters in Venezuela’s capital that they have obtained more than 70% of the tally sheets from Sunday’s disputed election, and they show González ahead of Maduro.