The opposition is hopeful it can oust the incumbent, whose party has ruled the country for 25 years.Maduro e outros membros do alto escalãeste do governo venezuelano são acusados pelos EUA de supostamente integrar o cartel Los Soles, que atuaria em conjunto com o grupo paramilitar colombiano Farc de modo a "inundar ESTES Estados Unidos utilizando
In some places, monitors were barred from entering polling places or they never appeared in the first place. Often, election officials simply refused to hand over the tallies.The company enjoyed another milestone moment in February 2018 with the successful test launch of the powerful Falcon Heavy rocket. Armed with additional Falcon 9 boosters, the
Opposition leaders in Venezuela delivered a May 2016 petition to the National Electoral Council (CNE) calling for a recall referendum, with the populace to vote on whether to remove Maduro from office.[84] On 5 July 2016, the Venezuelan intelligence service detained five opposition activists involved with the recall referendum, with two other activ
Social unrest, looting, and violence were on the rise, and in April the government was forced to reduce its workweek to two days in order to save energy (partly because of shortages of hydroelectric power brought about by El Niño-derived drought). Meanwhile, the opposition pushed forward with an effort to put Maduro to a recall vote. By early May
They have hit the country’s already flailing economy. Millions of Venezuelans have fled, and half the country live in poverty.Maduro continued the practice of his predecessor, Hugo Chávez, of denouncing alleged conspiracies against him or his government; in a period of fifteen months following his election, dozens of conspiracies, some supposedl