At the very least 23 protesters have been killed in anti-government protests About 2,400 people have been arrested since last month’s election, according to the UN.
The protests erupted after the CNE announced Mr Maduro’s victory on election night without releasing detailed vote counts.
The opposition says the numbers prove that its candidate Edmundo Gonzalez won comfortably, and they have released copies online that were collected by their election watchers.
The documents, which have been reviewed by independent experts and the media, show Mr González won 67% of the vote compared to Mr Maduro’s 30%.
Many Western countries have urged Venezuelan authorities to release the full vote count, while others, including Russia and China, have congratulated Mr Maduro on his victory.
In addition to the deaths and arrests of protesters in the past few weeks, Maduro’s government has launched an investigation into opposition leaders who allegedly incited the country’s military to commit crimes.
They have begun passing a law through the National Assembly that would tighten rules on non-governmental organizations and force the resignation of civil servants who allegedly expressed pro-protest views.
The 2018 presidential race was widely dismissed as neither free nor fair, after opposition candidates were jailed, banned from running or exiled.
