Venezuelan opposition says it has proof its candidate defeated President Maduro in disputed election

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González on Monday said his campaign has the proof it needs to show that he was the winner of the country’s highly anticipated presidential election whose victory authorities handed to President Nicolás Maduro.

González and opposition leader Maria 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.

“I speak to you with the calmness of the truth,” González said. “The will expressed yesterday through your vote will be respected… We have in our hands the tally sheets that demonstrate our victory.”

As he spoke, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to protest what they said was an attempt by Maduro to steal the election in which both candidates claimed victory.

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