On Sunday, millions of Venezuelans cast their votes in the presidential election which would decide the fate Nicolás Maduro – the man who has ruled the Latin American nation since Hugo Chávez’s death in 2013.
Despite being an oil-rich country, more than 7.7 million have emigrated from the country in the past decade, fleeing economic hardship and political repression.
In the early hours of Monday morning, the head of the National Electoral Council announced Mr Maduro had secured enough votes to continue ruling Venezuela for another six year.
However, the Venezuelan opposition quickly dismissed the announcement as fraudulent and said candidate Edmundo Gonzalez had secured 70 per cent of the votes.
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Clashes between protests and security forces broke out soon after, with dozens injured and one woman shot dead in the capital Caracas.
Who actually won Sunday’s election and who will lead Venezuela through the next six years? And what would another six years under Nicolas Maduro look like for the Venezuelan people?
Today, on In the News, the contested election of one of the world’s most controversial leaders
Tom Hennigan joins the podcast to the discuss the results, and fallout from, Venezuela’s presidential election.
Presented by Sorcha Pollak.
Produced by Aideen Finnegan.
