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In Venezuela's vote, both sides predict victory, but opposition fears fraud

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Venezuela's President and presidential candidate Nicolas Maduro gestures during a meeting with international observers at La Carlota Airforce base in Caracas on July 27, 2024. [AFP]

Voters on both sides of the political aisle in Venezuela are convinced of victory in Sunday's presidential elections, in which incumbent Nicolas Maduro faces opposition challenger Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia.

But one side, the opposition, is fearful its win -- predicted by pollsters to be by a wide margin -- will be somehow snatched away.

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