Nicole Acevedo is a reporter for NBC Latino.
Tensions in Venezuela are growing after election authorities loyal to the authoritarian regime of President Nicolás Maduro officially declared him the winner of the presidential contest held Sunday, without releasing precinct-by-precinct vote counts that would verify the results. The opposition party has also claimed victory, based on independent exit polls and paper tallies collected at voting booths by political party monitors.
“It is very sad,' Martínez, a street vendor in Caracas, said, adding that some of her relatives are considering leaving Venezuela due to the election outcome. Venezuela's economic collapse during Maduro's term has pushed over 80% of the population into poverty and led to a humanitarian crisis where most Venezuelans are struggling to access food, health care and other basic necessities.
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