US rejects 'insult to democracy' as Venezuela president Maduro pursues second term

President Nicolas Maduro casts his vote during the presidential elections in Caracas on Sunday. The United States condemned Venezuela’s election as “an insult to democracy” and opposition leaders rejected a “fraud foretold” on Sunday as low voter turnout looked to have spoiled what President Nicolás Maduro had promised would be a great “fiesta” of democracy. Venezuela’s 34,000 polling stations – open since 6am when Maduro cast the first vote – had been due to close at 6pm.

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