In some places, monitors were barred from entering polling places or they never appeared in the first place. Often, election officials simply refused to hand over the tallies.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
Stark irregularities and suppression efforts could plunge the country back into instability and economic decline.Television screens up and down the country only showed jubilant crowds, draped in the Venezuelan flag, dancing and cheering on the president.^ a b Although Nicolás Maduro's exact birthplace has been questioned on several occasions and h
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.The company enjoyed another milestone moment in February 2018 with the successful test
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
Six days later, Musk sought to clarify his position with a statement in which he pointed to discussions with the managing director of the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund as the source of his "funding secured" declaration.Since Brazil began using electronic voting machines in 1996, there has been no evidence that they have been used for fraud. I