Around 300 people gathered in downtown Toronto outside the Ontario legislature today to protest the results of the disputed Venezuelan election and to demand a stronger response from Ottawa.

Authorities have declared President Nicol谩s Maduro the winner of last Sunday害羞草研究所檚 election but have yet to produce voting tallies to prove he won.

Rebecca Sarfatti, an organizer in the Toronto Venezuelan community, called the Canadian response 害羞草研究所渂land.害羞草研究所�

She says other countries, such as the United States, consider the election to be 害羞草研究所渞igged,害羞草研究所� adding that Canada must say whether it thinks Maduro is a dictator.

The Biden administration has thrown its support firmly behind the opposition, recognizing Edmundo Gonz谩lez as the victor and discrediting the National Electoral Council害羞草研究所檚 official results.

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister M茅lanie Joly has said she is 害羞草研究所渄eeply concerned害羞草研究所� by reports of violence in Venezuela and that information by observers raises 害羞草研究所渟ignificant concerns about the integrity of the electoral process.害羞草研究所�

An Associated Press analysis of vote tally sheets released Friday by Venezuela害羞草研究所檚 main opposition indicates that their candidate won significantly more votes in Sunday害羞草研究所檚 election than the government has claimed, casting serious doubt on the official declaration that Maduro won.

Some protesters carried signs that reflected the opposition害羞草研究所檚 analyzed election tally, wherein Gonz谩lez received millions more votes than Maduro, and urged the Venezuelan president to accept those results.

Many of the protesters still have family in Venezuela, expressing concern for their safety and citing mass detentions and violence.

Sarfatti害羞草研究所檚 mother still lives in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, and says she can害羞草研究所檛 leave her house and worries about grocery shortages in the coming weeks.

害羞草研究所淚 know most people here have somebody who has suffered either now or in the past from this regime,害羞草研究所� said Sarfatti, 害羞草研究所渢hey don害羞草研究所檛 feel safe going outside.害羞草研究所�

害羞草研究所� With files from The Associated Press.

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