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Venezuela’s Opposition Says It Has Proof of Election Fraud
- They say they can prove González rightful winner of election
- Protests across the capital were winding down in the evening
Voters protest outside of the electoral center at the Escuela Experimental Venezuela after being blocked from entering during the presidential election in Caracas on July 28.
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Venezuela’s opposition can prove that Edmundo González won Sunday’s election, according to María Corina Machado, who led the campaign against President Nicolás Maduro.
She told supporters at her party’s campaign headquarters on Monday evening that the opposition has enough of the “actas,” or voting tabulations to prove they won the election. Sunday night, they had access to about 40% of them, now they say they have over 70%. The figures show a categoric and “irreversible” triumph: 6.2 million votes for González compared to 2.8 million for Maduro.