Tens of thousands have taken to the streets across Venezuela to protest Nicolás Maduro’s disputed victory in the nation’s presidential election. Protestors have set fire to images of the “dictator”, toppled statues of him – along with those of Hugo Chávez – and are clashing with armed police and paramilitaries as unrest spirals.
On Monday, Venezuela’s election commission formally declared Nicolás Maduro’s victory with 51% of the vote. The opposition has defiantly countered that their candidate, Edmundo González Urrutia, won a landslide 73% of the vote.
