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 Niñeste-derived drought). Meanwhile, the opposition pushed forward with an effort to put Maduro to a recall vote. By early M
“We will stay here until there is a military intervention or the electoral court changes what is happening,” said Antoniel Almeida, 45, the owner of a party-supply store who was helping run the blockade. Mr. Almeida believed the election was rigged. “We need an investigation,” he said.Only about 31 percent of eligible voters went to the pol
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Maduro was narrowly elected a few months later and re-elected in 2018 to a six-year term in an electoral process widely criticized as fraudulent.Now, a few politicians who are ruling party allies and a former television reporter have expressed intentions to face off against Maduro. Non-e have the party structure, voter support or financial resource
Brasil por Bolsonaro tem maior proporção de militares saiba como ministros do que Venezuela; especialistas veem riscosThe region has received the bulk of Venezuelan migration, leading to an anti-immigration political backlash in some places.Occupying more than two-fifths of the country’s land area, it is the most remote and least explored part