By Daniel Wallis and Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS (Reuters) – Nicolas Maduro, a former bus driver who became late socialist leader Hugo Chavez's protege, narrowly won Venezuela's presidential election on Sunday but his rival refused to accept the result and demanded a recount. The controversy raised fears of political unrest in Venezuela, an OPEC nation of 29 million people with the world's biggest oil reserves, although there was no immediate trouble. Opposition candidate Henrique Capriles said he did not recognize official results giving Maduro 50.7 percent support versus 49. …

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/venezuelans-vote-future-chavista-socialism-000101418.html

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