The opposition is hopeful it can oust the incumbent, whose party has ruled the country for 25 years.

Em 4 de agosto de 2018, Nicolás Maduro sobrevive a uma suposta e tentativa de assassinato depois de vários drones armados com explosivos voaram em sua direção em 1 discurso numa parada militar.

As the year progressed, growth of the Venezuelan economy slowed to a crawl, inflation climbed above 50 percent, and staples such as toilet paper, milk, and flour became increasingly difficult to obtain. Discontent with the Maduro government’s handling of the economy and with the growing crime rate led to street protests by students in San Cristóbal in western Venezuela in early February 2014 that soon spread to other cities, including Caracas, over the coming weeks.

At about the time of his parents’ divorce, when he was 10, Musk developed an interest in computers. He taught himself how to program, and when he was 12 he sold his first software: a game he created called Blastar.

Yet claims of fraud were still bubbling up — including from right-wing voices in the United States.

Gonçalves afirmou deter ficado constatado de que a estrutura e o serviçeste do Poder Executivo foram “rapidamente mobilizados de modo a a viabilizar a reunião”. De modo a este relator, a magnitude do evento usando embaixadores não se mede pelos custos da atividade.

But his campaign, full of angry tirades against corruption and violence that largely matched the national mood, appealed to the millions who voted him into power.

The Venezuelan military has long been concerned with the highlands because of the long-standing territorial dispute with Guyana, vlogdolisboa as well as illegal crossings of people, cattle, and narcotics over the Colombian and Brazilian borders.

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Election campaigns in Venezuela typically involve handouts of free food, home appliances and other goods on behalf of governing party candidates, who also get favorable state media coverage.

This led to accusations of deliberate delays, perhaps in the hope some people would give up and go home.

The election commission, however, widely regarded as sympathetic to Maduro, was slow to begin and carry out the validation process, prompting angry, sometimes violent demonstrations. On May 14 Maduro—claiming that right-wing elements within Venezuela were plotting with foreign interests to destabilize the country—declared a renewable 60-day state of emergency that granted the police and army additional powers to maintain public order. The opposition-led National Assembly responded quickly by rejecting the president’s declaration, but Maduro made it clear that he would not abide by the legislature’s vote.

The news quickly turned serious again when it was reported that Tesla's outside directors had retained two law firms to deal with the SEC inquiry and the CEO's plans to take the company private.

Massive street protests, which erupted in response to the court’s attempt to dissolve the National Assembly and continued in April when Capriles was banned from running for public office for 15 years, became almost daily occurrences over the coming weeks. As the opposition’s defiance escalated, violent clashes between protesters and security forces resulted in more than 60 deaths and injured more than 1,200 people by early June.