Venezuela election results remain unverified as tensions rise

The US-based Carter Centre expressed concerns over the validity of incumbent president Nicolas Maduro's apparent win.

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00:00Violent demonstrations continue in Venezuela over the country's disputed election results.

00:10From a balcony at the presidential palace, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro addressed

00:15a crowd of supporters demanding the incarceration of opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.

00:20Both Maduro and the country's main opposition coalition have claimed that they have won

00:44Sunday's presidential election.

00:51On the international stage, the Peruvian government rejected the Venezuelan election

01:10results, prompting the closure of the Venezuelan embassy in Lima.

01:21The National Electoral Council has yet to release any figures at a polling station level.