Maduro promoted a consultative referendum in Venezuela to support Venezuela's claim to the Essequibo region, which is disputed with, and controlled by, neighboring Guyana.Most critically, the result is unlikely to allow the Biden administration to unwind its sweeping economic sanctions against Venezuela.The coastal mountain system, in effect two pa
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.Only about 31 percent of eligible voters went to the polls, which allowed the PSUV to capture nearly 68 percent of the vote and hence secure an overwhelming majority in the Assembly (the opposition parties
Segundo a ministra, os atos colocaram em perigo a normalidade e legitimidade do processo eleitoral e a própria democracia.Most critically, the result is unlikely to allow the Biden administration to unwind its sweeping economic sanctions against Venezuela.Maduro was parodied in the animated web series Isla Presidencial, along with most of the othe
They have hit the country’s already flailing economy. Millions of Venezuelans have fled, and half the country live in poverty.Only about 31 percent of eligible voters went to the polls, which allowed the PSUV to capture nearly 68 percent of the vote and hence secure an overwhelming majority in the Assembly (the opposition parties that chose to pa
The opposition is hopeful it can oust the incumbent, whose party has ruled the country for 25 years.Since Brazil began using electronic voting machines in 1996, there has been no evidence that they have been used for fraud. Instead, the machines helped eliminate the fraud that once afflicted Brazil’s elections in the age of paper ballots.Elas seg