Disputed results in Venezuela's presidential election have two parties claiming victory and global leaders raising concerns over the Latin American country.
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00:00Venezuelan migrants have gathered outside their embassies abroad to protest.
00:05They're accusing the government of fraud after President Nicolas Maduro was announced as the
00:10winner of the presidential election. Venezuela's election authority, which is controlled by
00:15Maduro's party, says he defeated challenger Edmundo Gonzalez with 51 percent of the vote.
00:21But the results have been rejected by the opposition party, which says it won 70 percent
00:26of the votes. Global leaders have raised concerns over the results and called for transparency in
00:31the vote count. Maduro's party has been in power for the past 25 years but has dramatically dropped
00:37in popularity.