Venezuela’s president-elect Nicolas Maduro accused the U.S. on Tuesday of sparking post-election violence in the country, that the government said caused seven deaths.

Venezuela’s president-elect Nicolas Maduro accused the U.S. on Tuesday of sparking post-election violence in the country, that the government said caused seven deaths.

There were sporadic clashes between police and opposition members in several provincial cities on Monday, while protesters set up some roadblocks in the Venezuelan capital Caracas.

Attorney General Luisa Ortega said the clashes left seven people dead, with more than 60 injured and 139 arrested. She said some offices had been set on fire and public property destroyed.

State media reported that two of those killed were shot while celebrating Maduro's victory in Caracas, one died in a government-run clinic in a central state, and two others were killed in an Andean border state.

Maduro, who represents the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela, or PSUV, won 50.8 percent of the vote against 49 percent for Henrique Capriles, according to Venezuela’s National Electoral Commission.

Capriles, the governor of Miranda state and the candidate for the umbrella opposition group Table for Democratic Unity, or MUD, said he did not recognize the results and demanded a recount.

The U.S. State Department backed Venezuelan opposition’s demand, saying it would not recognize Maduro without a recount. It was joined by the governments of Panama and Paraguay, the Associated Press news agency reported.

Throughout the public appearances post-election, Maduro targeted Washington, saying the U.S. embassy in Caracas “financed and led” the street violence that followed the declaration of results.

He said the government would not be blackmailed, and called on Venezuelans to remain peaceful.

"This is the responsibility of those who have called for violence, who have ignored the constitution and the institutions," Maduro said in a televised speech to the nation, as reported by the BBC.

"Their plan is a coup d'etat," he added, while calling his own supporters onto the streets.

"If they want to overthrow me, come get me. With the people and the armed forces, I am here," he said.

Capriles said the government was responsible for the violence as it sought to avoid a recount.

He called off on Tuesday a previously announced rally on the National Electoral Council in Caracas saying the opposition was ready "to open a dialogue with the government so that the crisis can be ended in the coming hours."

He claimed that Maduro's supporters were planning to infiltrate the march.