Stark irregularities and suppression efforts could plunge the country back into instability and economic decline.Candidates must register by late March, giving Machado and other opposition factions less than three weeks to decide next steps.Univisión announcer Jorge Ramos described his detention following a live interview of Maduro, saying that if… Read More

The controls meant that many Venezuelan businesses stopped production because they no longer made a profit, eventually resulting in shortages.Mr Musk, who wears the mantle of a workaholic proudly, has often said he's not in business simply to make money - claims he repeated recently with regard to his Twitter takeover.The bitterly fought election w… Read More

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 Niño-derived drought). Meanwhile, the opposition pushed forward with an effort to put Maduro to a recall vote. By early May … Read More

The administrative ban, however, did not keep her out of an October primary, because the opposition Unitary Platform coalition, which is backed by the United States, organized the vote without assistance from Venezuela’s electoral authorities.After a campaign marked by intensifying efforts by Mr. Maduro’s allies to rein in the opposition — in… Read More

Maduro's decree includes wider executive powers to control the budget, companies and the currency amid a severe economic crisis in the OPEC nation. ^Television screens up and down the country only showed jubilant crowds, draped in the Venezuelan flag, dancing and cheering on the president.That would stunt the economic recovery, and is likely to lea… Read More