From The New York Times Venezuela’s Election coverage by Frances Robles, Anatoly Kurmanaev and Julie Turkewitz
Venezuela’s Autocrat Is Declared Winner in Tainted Election: The result, which would give Nicolás Maduro six more years as president, was disputed by the opposition, and the United States said it had “serious concerns.”
From voter intimidation to refusing to provide paper tallies to verify the result claimed by the government, the election was riddled with problems.