Petro Urges Maduro to Release Election Results Amid Controversy

Colombian President Gustavo Petro urged Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to release detailed vote counts from the weekend election. This call follows international criticism of Maduro's National Electoral Council for not providing polling center-level results, which opposition leaders believe would show Maduro lost the election.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday urged Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to release detailed vote counts from the weekend election, casting doubt on its legitimacy.

Petro's comments chimed with widespread international criticism aimed at Maduro and his National Electoral Council, which has yet to release polling center-level results as was the norm in previous elections.

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and Maduro's main challenger, Edmundo Gonzalez, claim that releasing these figures would prove that the sitting president was actually defeated in the polls.