In Venezuela, voter turnout was low for recent elections due to public disillusionment following last year's contentious presidential election which Nicolás Maduro claimed to have won. Opposition leaders advocated for a boycott,

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's party swept the board in parliamentary and regional elections that were boycotted by the opposition in protest over his disputed re-election last year.

Divisions in Venezuela's opposition were laid bare Monday as it counted the cost of a ballot boycott that allowed authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro's party to sweep regional and parliamentary elections.