With 80 per cent of votes counted, Maduro secured more than 51 per cent of the vote, beating Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who got over 44 per cent of the vote, according to a statement by the National Electoral Council (CNE).
Bogota [Colombia], May 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Right-wing presidential candidate Federico Gutierrez is not making it into the second round of the presidential election in Colombia, according to results from the National Electoral Council released after 91.66 percent of the ballots were counted.
Caracas [Venezuela], October 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Venezuela and the European Union have settled the controversy over EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell's statement implying that the Venezuelan government's legitimacy was subject to the bloc's final assessment of the nation's November electio
Quito [Ecuador], April 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Guillermo Lasso from the CREO right-wing movement won Ecuador's presidential election with over 52 per cent of the votes, the National Electoral Council said, releasing final voting results.
Caracas [Venezuela], July 1 (Sputnik/ANI): Parliamentary elections in Venezuela will be held in December, Indira Alfonzo Izaguirre, president of the country's National Electoral Council, said.
Caracas [Venezuela], May 23 (ANI): The newly appointed Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday ordered the expulsion of the top two US diplomatic representatives in Venezuela.