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Venezuela election: Maduro declared winner by government-controlled authority
Nicolás Maduro has been declared the winner of Venezuela’s presidential election by the government-controlled electoral authority – a result that appeared to dash opposition hopes of ending his authoritarian, socialist rule after 25 years. It was …