Venezuela: Maduro says 'will not accept' opposition attempt to 'usurp the presidency'
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00:00On Saturday, thousands marched across Venezuela to protest the re-election of President Nicolas Maduro.
00:06Venezuelan authorities declared him the winner of last Sunday's election with 52% of the votes,
00:12however have not produced the voting tallies to prove he had won.
00:16Since election day, at least 20 people have been killed
00:19and 1,200 others arrested in post-election protests so far.
00:26I believe in this process. I believe in the freedom of Venezuela.
00:29Today our elections have been stolen.
00:33Heading the rally in Caracas was MarÃa Corina Machado,
00:36the opposition leader who came to stand with her supporters.
00:40She backed the candidacy of Edmundo González Urrutia after she herself was banned from running.
00:46Since the election, the Maduro administration has threatened to detain both opposition members.
00:55We must not give in to provocations.
00:57Violence is there because it's the only thing they have left.
01:00We must not respond by giving in to provocations.
01:03The world knows they intend to forcefully withhold the result.
01:06Six days later, they have not handed over a single record.
01:16Meanwhile, hundreds of President Maduro supporters also took to the streets on Saturday,
01:21gathering in front of the Miraflores Palace.
01:24Addressing the crowd, he accused his opponents of representing the hatred and the division of fascism.
01:29Several countries, including the US, have already recognized González as the election's winner
01:34and have called on the Venezuelan authorities to swiftly publish all voting records.