Fistfights have broken out in Venezuela's parliament over the
recent disputed presidential election. Several legislators were left bloodied and bruised, with both
opposition and pro-government lawmakers accusing each other of starting the
fight. A measure was earlier passed denying MPs the right to speak
until they recognised Nicolas Maduro as president.
Official results show he narrowly beat opposition candidate
Henrique Capriles, who has demanded a full recount. The National Electoral Council (CNE) - which has rejected Mr
Capriles' demand said Mr Maduro had won by 1.49 percentage points,
or fewer than 225,000 votes. This came after the council had amended the final result, taking
into account votes cast abroad. In all, 99.79% of the votes have now been counted. Earlier figures had shown a victory of 1.8 percentage points for
Mr Maduro, who stood in the poll as the chosen successor of the late President
Hugo Chavez.
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