Embattled Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro wins another six-year term
Get the Full StoryREUTERS Carlos Garcia RawlinsEmbattled Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro won another six-year term as president.
His opponents have cited mass irregularities in the election process and have decried his win as a farce propping up a dictatorship.
The US on Sunday also pledged not to recognize the outcome of the election, and said it is "actively reviewing" new sanctions against Venezuela's oil sector.
CARACAS, Venezuela Reuters - Venezuela's leftist leader Nicolas Maduro won a new six-year term on Sunday, but his main rivals disavowed the election alleging massive irregularities in a process critics decried as a farce propping up a dictatorship.
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