Hundreds of protesters face off with police in Venezuela's capital Caracas on Monday.<br/> <br />Demonstrators took to the streets, refusing to recognize the narrow victory of Chavez's preferred successor, Nicolas Maduro, in Sunday's contested elections.<br/> <br />Opposition candidate Henrique Capriles called for peaceful demonstrations.<br/> <br />But clashes broke out as the government rejected opposition demands for a vote recount.<br/> <br />Capriles' team says it has evidence of more than 3,000 election day irregularities, ranging from allegations of voters using fake IDs to intimidation of volunteers at polling centres.<br/> <br />Venezuela's electoral authority on Monday formally declared Maduro the winner, with 50.8 percent of the vote, against 49.0 percent for Capriles.<br/> <br />Addressing a news conference, Maduro said Capriles would have to face justice for provoking demonstrators and failing to respect the results.<br/> <br />Meanwhile, hundreds of people marched against Maduro.<br/> <br />The president elect'
