VENEZUELAN President Nicolas Maduro has called for international solidarity with Bolivia in the face of a “coup” against its President Evo Morales, who has just won re-election.

“Let’s raise the solidarity flags and mobilise against the coup in Bolivia and Latin America, against fascism as expressed at the moment,” Mr Maduro declared on Wednesday.

In scenes reminiscent of the Venezuela’s violent opposition’s refusal to recognise electoral victories of the left, Mr Morales’s opponent Carlos Mesa cried foul at results which showed the incumbent president with the 10-point lead required to avoid a second-round run-off.