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Panama cuts diplomatic ties with Venezuela over election results dispute

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Panama has suspended diplomatic relations with Venezuela pending a full review of Sunday’s presidential election results.

Announcing the decision in a press conference on Monday, President Jose Mulino said diplomatic personnel will also be withdrawn from the South American country.

President Nicolás Maduro won Venezuela’s election, according to partial results announced by the National Electoral Council (CNE), but the poll was marked by accusations of fraud and counting irregularities.

The CNE said with 80 percent of ballots counted, Maduro had 51 percent of the vote, while Edmundo Urrutia, his main rival, got 44 percent.

The Venezuelan opposition dismissed the CNE’s announcement as fraudulent.

The party said the records it received showed that Urrutia garnered 70 percent of the vote against Maduro’s 30 percent and is the rightful president-elect.

Opposition parties had united behind Urrutia in an attempt to unseat Maduro after 11 years in power. Opinion polls conducted ahead of the election suggested the president would lose the race.

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