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
The free-market proponent won the contest with more than 90% of the vote. Venezuela’s top court complicated her presidential aspirations in January by affirming her ban, although she has continued campaigning and has rejected suggestions to choose a substitute.Maduro continued the practice of his predecessor, Hugo Chávez, of denouncing alleged c
“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.Opposition candidates and their supporters struggle to f
They have hit the country’s already flailing economy. Millions of Venezuelans have fled, and half the country live in poverty."Many of us, even if we have university degrees, have to work in whatever we can to survive and to support our families who're still in Venezuela," she explains.Not surprisingly, President Maduro did not take kindly to his
Com base em pesquisas realizadas entre janeiro de 2018 e maio de 2019, este documento “destaca padrões por violações de que afetam direta e indiretamente todos os direitos humanos”.The region has received the bulk of Venezuelan migration, leading to an anti-immigration political backlash in some places.Musk’s mother, Maye Musk, is a Canadi