Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro wins Election for another term

The electoral authority, controlled by Maduro loyalists, did not immediately publish the results from each of the 30,000 polling booths across the country, impeding the opposition’s ability to challenge the results after alleging it only had data for about 30% of the ballot boxes. Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro was declared the winner of the country’s presidential election on Sunday after securing more than 50% of the vote, although the opposition contends that the results are not accurate. Despite Maduro being declared the winner of a third term, the opposition claimed victory, setting up a showdown with the government over the results. Is the west losing its hope of controlling Venezuela?