President Nicolas Maduro said there was an attempt "to impose in Venezuela a coup d'etat," after the opposition rejected his re-election for a new six-year term. "They are trying to impose in Venezuela a coup d'etat again of fascist and counterrevolutionary character," Maduro said at an event at the National Electoral Council (CNE), which proclaimed him the winner of the elections held a day earlier. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES