2013 Venezuelan presidential election protests

After the presidential elections on 14 April 2013, opposition leader Capriles rejected the bulletin issued by the National Electoral Electoral (CNE) and ask for a recount of the 100% of the votes,[1][2][3] because his campaign command reported at least 3,500 irregularities during the electoral process,[4] petition that was joined by CNE rector Vicente Díaz and supported by the governments of Spain,[5] France,[6] the United States,[7] Paraguay,[8] and the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, José Miguel Insulza.[9] At the start, Maduro accepted the audit proposed by the opposition.[10][11]

Henrique Capriles presented his request formally on 17 April 2013, with all the corresponding complainte and the petition of the total verification of the acts; the CNE held a meeting for hours the same day until it accepted the verification "in second phase", the 46% of the ballot boxes not randomly audited at first.[12] However, this audit was not supported by Capriles, who argued that itt«should have been carried out along with a review of the voting notebooks»,[13] reason why the process was challenged before the Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ).[14]

• 2014 Venezuelan protests