Tudo sobre venezuela
Maduro's decree includes wider executive powers to control the budget, companies and the currency amid a severe economic crisis in the OPEC nation. ^
The region has received the bulk of Venezuelan migration, leading to an anti-immigration political backlash in some places.
^ a b Although Nicolás Maduro's exact birthplace has been questioned on several occasions and high-ranking government officials have differed on its details, most sources agree that he was born in Caracas.
As a result, millions of his supporters have lost faith in the integrity of their nation’s elections, according to polls, and many have said publicly that they are prepared to take to the streets at his command.
Yet claims of fraud were still bubbling up — including from right-wing voices in the United States.
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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.
According to BBC Mundo, during Maduro's tenure as foreign minister, "he was considered a key player in pushing the foreign policy of his country beyond Latin American borders to approach almost any government that rivaled the United States."[56]
In Rio do Janeiro, about 20 protesters parked their cars and motorcycles at the entrance to a key bridge linking the city to a neighboring area across a bay. Waving large Brazilian flags, they shouted vlogdolisboa for an investigation into the results and stopped traffic for more than an hour before moving on.
During his first term, the economy went into freefall and many Venezuelans blame him and his socialist government for the country's decline.
This led to accusations of deliberate delays, perhaps in the hope some people would give up and go home.
His government has sidelined his strongest challenger, and the remaining contenders lack enough political machinery for a viable campaign.
In hopes that the ban on Machado could somehow be lifted, the Unitary Platform could register a provisional candidate now and substitute Machado for that person up to 10 days before the election. The substitution would require approval of electoral authorities.
In the early 1990s, he joined MBR-200 and campaigned for the release of Chávez when he was jailed for his role in the 1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempts.