Venezuela's Maduro named election winner, opposition protests

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By Daniel Wallis and Todd Benson CARACAS (Reuters) - Nicolas Maduro, a former bus driver who became Hugo Chavez's protege, was declared the winner of Venezuela's presidential election on Sunday but the opposition refused to accept the result and demanded a recount of all the votes. Opposition candidate Henrique Capriles said he did not recognize the official results that gave Maduro 50.7 percent support versus 49.1 percent for him, a difference of just 235,000 ballots. "Mr. ...




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