Candidates from all over the world — Trump in the U.S., Bolsonaro in Brazil, Maduro in Venezuela — seek to reach or stay in power for one main reason: it is the only way to avoid ending up in jail
The election plans make no mention of the participation of candidates banned by the government from running for office, including President Nicolás Maduro’s strongest adversary this year, Maria Corina Machado
The authorities have covered a piece of ice smaller than a soccer field with a geotextile blanket, in an operation that has raised criticism from scientists and environmentalists
The Venezuelan president held a meeting with his Brazilian counterpart at the CELAC summit, in which he invited Brazil to participate as an observer in the upcoming elections
The decision will reopen the investigation into President Nicolás Maduro’s Venezuelan security forces during a crackdown on anti-government protests in 2017
The ruling Maduro government has offered up 27 potential dates for voting day, while the body that is actually in charge of announcing the elections has remained silent. Democratic guarantees have not yet been established between the government and the opposition
President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador, Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro and other populist rulers of this century sell an image of infallibility and invulnerability that is typically found in comic books
The film ‘Simón’ — which addresses the 2017 protests against the Maduro government in an unprecedented way — is one of many new productions by Venezuelan directors in the diaspora, whose work is in stark contrast to the pro-Chavista social realism of the past
Ronald Leandro Ojeda Moreno was taken from his apartment by four individuals posing as police officers. Authorities are not ruling out any hypothesis, including a Venezuelan counterintelligence operation
Venezuela’s foreign minister said both countries ‘are victims on the international stage of the illegal, irrational, illegitimate application of unilateral coercive measures,’ referring to economic sanctions
Attorney General Tarek William Saab launched an attack against human rights organizations: ‘They are lying, and at the same time they are committing a crime by telling these lies’
The Maduro government detains activists on charges of terrorism or treason, but ordinary citizens are also arrested under pretexts such as recording businessman Alex Saab while he was on vacation
The National Electoral Council has not announced dates yet, but the government is moving toward elections without oppposition political alliance Plataforma Unitaria (Unitary Platform)
The operation, carried out during Donald Trump’s administration, skirted international law and targeted dozens of people, including the Venezuelan president himself, according to The Associated Press
María Corina Machado, the opposition leader who was first in the polls, will not be able to face off with Nicolás Maduro due to a legal trick used by the government
María Corina Machado won a presidential primary held in October by the faction of the opposition backed by the U.S. She secured more than 90% of the vote
The negotiations between the Maduro administration and the opposition are on hold. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has continued to refrain from ruling on the participation of the candidate who is most critical of the president