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

More than 80% of those who have left Venezuela are living in Latin America and the Caribbean, in countries which often already struggle to provide health and education to their own nationals.Candidates must register by late March, giving Machado and other opposition factions less than three weeks to decide next steps.Not surprisingly, President Mad

The opposition is hopeful it can oust the incumbent, whose party has ruled the country for 25 years.On the streets of some of Brazil’s biggest cities on Sunday night, many of Mr. Bolsonaro’s supporters responded to the results with claims of fraud — and then a swift exit.A setback came in November 2017, when an explosion occurred during a tes

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.On the streets of some of Brazil’s biggest cities on Sunday night, many of Mr. Bolson

The opposition is hopeful it can oust the incumbent, whose party has ruled the country for 25 years.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 participate took less than 18