٠٠:٠٢:٠١Troops of the Bolivarian National Guard dispersed protesters on the Pan-American highway in southern Caracas on Monday, as dozens of demonstrators set fire and placed barricades on the route to protest against President Nicolas Maduro's victory in Venezuela's presidential elections.
Footage shows the highway in fumes and blazes, where the guardsmen were seen lining in formation to remove scraps and debris from the burnt barricades and extinguish several spots grazed by the flames. Some demonstrators were seen throwing stones at the officers while they were watching over the spot from a bridge nearby.
Venezuela’s electoral authorities declared President Nicolas Maduro the winner of Sunday’s presidential election, while the opposition asserted their own claim to victory.
Elvis Amoroso, the head of the National Electoral Council (CNE), announced that with 80 per cent of the ballots counted, Maduro secured 51 per cent of the vote, while his main rival Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia received 44 per cent. However, the Venezuelan opposition dismissed the CNE's announcement, claiming that Gonzales had won up to 70 per cent of the vote according to counts it had received.
Gonzales reportedly told supporters in Caracas that the government had breached 'all rules and norms' to the extent that they were denied access to most of the ballots.
Protests across Caracas and other cities in Venezuela had erupted following the announcement of the results, which demonstrators and the opposition claimed to be 'marred by fraud.'
61-year-old Maduro said the result was a 'triumph of peace and stability'; he first assumed power in 2013 following the death of President Hugo Chavez.
National Guard disperse protesters on major highway in southern Caracas as rallies erupt over presidential election result
Troops of the Bolivarian National Guard dispersed protesters on the Pan-American highway in southern Caracas on Monday, as dozens of demonstrators set fire and placed barricades on the route to protest against President Nicolas Maduro's victory in Venezuela's presidential elections.
Footage shows the highway in fumes and blazes, where the guardsmen were seen lining in formation to remove scraps and debris from the burnt barricades and extinguish several spots grazed by the flames. Some demonstrators were seen throwing stones at the officers while they were watching over the spot from a bridge nearby.
Venezuela’s electoral authorities declared President Nicolas Maduro the winner of Sunday’s presidential election, while the opposition asserted their own claim to victory.
Elvis Amoroso, the head of the National Electoral Council (CNE), announced that with 80 per cent of the ballots counted, Maduro secured 51 per cent of the vote, while his main rival Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia received 44 per cent. However, the Venezuelan opposition dismissed the CNE's announcement, claiming that Gonzales had won up to 70 per cent of the vote according to counts it had received.
Gonzales reportedly told supporters in Caracas that the government had breached 'all rules and norms' to the extent that they were denied access to most of the ballots.
Protests across Caracas and other cities in Venezuela had erupted following the announcement of the results, which demonstrators and the opposition claimed to be 'marred by fraud.'
61-year-old Maduro said the result was a 'triumph of peace and stability'; he first assumed power in 2013 following the death of President Hugo Chavez.
Troops of the Bolivarian National Guard dispersed protesters on the Pan-American highway in southern Caracas on Monday, as dozens of demonstrators set fire and placed barricades on the route to protest against President Nicolas Maduro's victory in Venezuela's presidential elections.
Footage shows the highway in fumes and blazes, where the guardsmen were seen lining in formation to remove scraps and debris from the burnt barricades and extinguish several spots grazed by the flames. Some demonstrators were seen throwing stones at the officers while they were watching over the spot from a bridge nearby.
Venezuela’s electoral authorities declared President Nicolas Maduro the winner of Sunday’s presidential election, while the opposition asserted their own claim to victory.
Elvis Amoroso, the head of the National Electoral Council (CNE), announced that with 80 per cent of the ballots counted, Maduro secured 51 per cent of the vote, while his main rival Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia received 44 per cent. However, the Venezuelan opposition dismissed the CNE's announcement, claiming that Gonzales had won up to 70 per cent of the vote according to counts it had received.
Gonzales reportedly told supporters in Caracas that the government had breached 'all rules and norms' to the extent that they were denied access to most of the ballots.
Protests across Caracas and other cities in Venezuela had erupted following the announcement of the results, which demonstrators and the opposition claimed to be 'marred by fraud.'
61-year-old Maduro said the result was a 'triumph of peace and stability'; he first assumed power in 2013 following the death of President Hugo Chavez.