Please correct yourself. There was a recount, and it ended up showing there was no irregularities. And No, it is not a partisan opinion. Unless you think Jimmy Carter and hundreds of other organizations controlling the vote AND the recount are part of a communist plot.

* There is customary to make a check of the 54% of the vote stations. This was done the same day of the elections, before publishing the official results. * There is not customary make a "recount" of votes in Venezuela. * Nevertheless, the electoral council accepted a request made by the opposition to check the another 46% of the stations. * The opposition welcomed the new audit... for a few hours. * Then they added a lot of new requests and refused to participate in the audit. * The audit result confirmed the original result.