Leader of the opposition in Venezuela, South America María Corina Machado urged those who voted in the presidential election on Sunday to stay at the polling stations to monitor the counting. Machado said the process is meant to be public by law.
The polling stations officially closed at 1 a.m. Finnish time, but those in line could still cast their votes.
The opposition challenges the president who led the country in authoritarian ways Nicolas Maduro representing the political center by Edmundo Gonzáles under.