Brazil, Mexico, Colombia call for Venezuela to give full vote tallies

Joint call comes after protests triggered by dispute over presidential poll results

The presidents of Brazil, Mexico and Colombia have called for Venezuela to release detailed voting tallies on Aug 1, amid a dispute over presidential election results that has sparked protests.

Venezuela's electoral council proclaimed Mr Nicolas Maduro, who has been in power since 2013, the winner of the July 28 election with 51 per cent of the vote.

But the country's opposition says its tally of about 90 per cent of the votes shows its candidate, Mr Edmundo Gonzalez, received more than double the support of the incumbent President.

The opposition has released detailed tallies on a public website, but the government has not shared any information beyond a national total of votes for each candidate.

The current presidents of Brazil, Colombia and Mexico have traditionally been friendlier with Mr Maduro and have adopted a more neutral stance on the election, as countries around the world call for release of full tallies and the US said Mr Maduro should acknowledge a Gonzalez win.