Venezuelan electoral authorities on Sunday claimed that 95% of voters in a nonbinding referendum approved of the nation's territorial claim on a huge chunk of neighboring oil-rich Guyana.
President Nicolas Maduro hailed what he called "an overwhelming victory for the 'Yes' throughout Venezuela." Critics say the vote was meant to gin up patriotic support for the repressive Socialist regime and distract citizens from its economic failures.
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