“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.After a campaign marked by intensifying efforts by Mr. M

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

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.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.On June 27 m

They have hit the country’s already flailing economy. Millions of Venezuelans have fled, and half the country live in poverty.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."Elon only gets involved with things if he feels that t

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.[150] The State Department also alleges that Maduro expelled authorized foreign companies from the mining sector to allow officials to