03:44Venezuelan citizens in Santiago reacted to the results of the presidential election in their home country on Monday as President Nicolas Maduro was declared the winner.
"They stole the election from us, they stole the dignity of Venezuela, they stole everything from us, all our rights, our dignity of being Venezuelans," Saul, a Venezuelan resident in Chile, said.
Footage features people with flags of Venezuela holding mobiles and listening to the announcement. A large police presence to secure the area was also seen.
Venezuela’s electoral authorities declared President Nicolas Maduro the winner of Sunday’s presidential election, while the opposition asserted their own claim to victory.
"We should go out to the streets, in a peaceful way, to fight for our votes that we won and that the revolutionary government is stealing from us." said another Venezuelan resident, Cesar Delgado.
Elvis Amoroso, the head of the National Electoral Council (CNE), announced that with 80% of the ballots counted, Maduro secured 51% of the vote, while his main rival Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia received 44%. However, the Venezuelan opposition dismissed the CNE's announcement, claiming that Gonzales had won up to 70% 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.
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.
'They stole the election' - Venezuelans in Santiago react as Maduro declared winner of presidential election
Venezuelan citizens in Santiago reacted to the results of the presidential election in their home country on Monday as President Nicolas Maduro was declared the winner.
"They stole the election from us, they stole the dignity of Venezuela, they stole everything from us, all our rights, our dignity of being Venezuelans," Saul, a Venezuelan resident in Chile, said.
Footage features people with flags of Venezuela holding mobiles and listening to the announcement. A large police presence to secure the area was also seen.
Venezuela’s electoral authorities declared President Nicolas Maduro the winner of Sunday’s presidential election, while the opposition asserted their own claim to victory.
"We should go out to the streets, in a peaceful way, to fight for our votes that we won and that the revolutionary government is stealing from us." said another Venezuelan resident, Cesar Delgado.
Elvis Amoroso, the head of the National Electoral Council (CNE), announced that with 80% of the ballots counted, Maduro secured 51% of the vote, while his main rival Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia received 44%. However, the Venezuelan opposition dismissed the CNE's announcement, claiming that Gonzales had won up to 70% 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.
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.
Venezuelan citizens in Santiago reacted to the results of the presidential election in their home country on Monday as President Nicolas Maduro was declared the winner.
"They stole the election from us, they stole the dignity of Venezuela, they stole everything from us, all our rights, our dignity of being Venezuelans," Saul, a Venezuelan resident in Chile, said.
Footage features people with flags of Venezuela holding mobiles and listening to the announcement. A large police presence to secure the area was also seen.
Venezuela’s electoral authorities declared President Nicolas Maduro the winner of Sunday’s presidential election, while the opposition asserted their own claim to victory.
"We should go out to the streets, in a peaceful way, to fight for our votes that we won and that the revolutionary government is stealing from us." said another Venezuelan resident, Cesar Delgado.
Elvis Amoroso, the head of the National Electoral Council (CNE), announced that with 80% of the ballots counted, Maduro secured 51% of the vote, while his main rival Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia received 44%. However, the Venezuelan opposition dismissed the CNE's announcement, claiming that Gonzales had won up to 70% 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.
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.