Colombian leader urges Maduro to release detailed Venezuelan vote counts

Nicolas Maduro has faced calls to release detailed polling figures (AP)

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has called on his close ally, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, to release detailed vote counts of the weekend election in which authorities declared him the winner.

Mr Petro’s comments followed harsh criticism from the international community of Mr Maduro and his ruling party-loyal National Electoral Council, which is yet to release any polling centre-level results as it has done in previous elections.