Caracas, Jul 31 (AP) US President Joe Biden and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday jointly called on Venezuela's government to release detailed voting data from the presidential election.

Electoral authorities have said President Nicolas Maduro won, but the opposition says their candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez, secured more than twice as many votes in Sunday's election.

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In a joint statement after a call in which Venezuela's election was discussed, Biden and Maduro ally Lula said they “agreed on the need for immediate release of full, transparent, and detailed voting data at the polling station level by the Venezuelan electoral authorities.

Both presidents said the outcome “represents a critical moment for democracy in the hemisphere.” (AP)

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