Pressure mounts on Maduro, in Venezuela and abroad, to release vote results

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro faces mounting pressure to release evidence that would verify the results of Sunday's presidential election as both he and opposition leader Edmundo González claim victory.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is facing mounting pressure, at home and abroad, to release evidence that would verify the results of Sunday's presidential election, which both he and his main challenger claim to have won.

Thousands of people have been protesting since Monday, when Maduro and opposition candidate Edmundo González declared victory.

It's estimated that at least 12 people have died and 92 have been injured as a result of the protests, according to the National Hospital Survey, a large-scale data collection organization. More than 1,000 people have also been detained, according to Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek Saab.

Demonstrators set up a barricade during a protest in Valencia, Venezuela, on Monday.Juan Carlos Hernandez / AFP via Getty ImagesOn Wednesday, Maduro told reporters his party was ready to show all of the electoral tally sheets. He asked Venezuela’s Supreme Court, which is loyal to his regime, to conduct an audit of the presidential election after the opposition challenged the result. That's the same court that banned the main opposition leader, María Corina Machado, from being on the ballot in January. González then emerged as the opposition’s surrogate candidate in May.

On Monday, election authorities loyal to Maduro declared he had won 51% of the vote, but they have not yet released the precinct-by-precinct counts that would verify the result. At the same time, the opposition said González had won based on independent exit polls and official paper tallies collected at voting booths by party monitors on Election Day.

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