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.Ideally resistant to weather and powered by renewable energy, the Hyperloop would propel riders in pods through a network of low-pressu
Stark irregularities and suppression efforts could plunge the country back into instability and economic decline.The region has received the bulk of Venezuelan migration, leading to an anti-immigration political backlash in some places.Yet, independent computer-security experts who have studied the system say that layers of security prevent fraud a
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.movement. The election had been widely viewed as a referendum on Maduro’s presidency. Having secured a majority in the 167-seat legis
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.Some of the problems go back a long time. However, it i
“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.In 2016 a group of Venezuelans asked the National Assemb