Segundo a ministra, ESTES atos colocaram em risco a normalidade e legitimidade do processo eleitoral e a própria democracia.Opposition candidates and their supporters struggle to find places to gather without harassment from government activists and to get fuel to travel across the country.Occupying more than two-fifths of the country’s land are
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
“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.[150] The State Department also alleges that Maduro expe
A smooth Venezuelan election that would have led to greater economic opening also suited the country’s Latin American neighbors, including Mr. Maduro’s old allies, the leftist governments of Brazil and Colombia.After signaling that the company would reorganize its management structure, Musk in June announced that Tesla was laying off nove perce
They have hit the country’s already flailing economy. Millions of Venezuelans have fled, and half the country live in poverty.After a campaign marked by intensifying efforts by Mr. Maduro’s allies to rein in the opposition — including arrests of opposition campaign workers, intimidation and vote suppression — the opposition bet heavily on a