"The Brazilian government welcomes the peaceful nature of yesterday's [Sunday's] elections in Venezuela and is following the counting process closely," a statement had said. Maduro has responded to the leftist leader, saying he'll release election data with full transparency to the world: 

Nicolas Maduro pledged to meet international demands to release full voting records from Venezuela's election during a meeting with a top adviser to Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, according to a Brazilian government official familiar with the matter.

Maduro met Celso Amorim, Lula's chief foreign affairs adviser, at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas on Monday, amid mounting pressure from Brazil, Colombia and other nations to publicly verify the results of a Sunday election in which he was declared the winner and the opposition claimed fraud.

At this moment, no less than nine Latin American countries have yet to officially declare their recognition of Maduro's third term. The White House too has said its is "reviewing" what data that it can, and that there are "signs" that the official results don't "reflect the will of the people." It has called on the government not to repress protesters.

Meanwhile, opposition party Voluntad Popular announced Tuesday on X that its national coordinator Freddy Superlano has been detained by Maduro's security services. This is likely due to opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez still sticking by his declarations of victory and that the election was stolen.

The top military leadership and generals in Caracas have made clear in a televised address they are remaining loyal to the Maduro government...