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The U.S.-recognized winner of Venezuela’s presidential election on July 28, Edmundo González Urrutia, fled to Spain as President Nicolás Maduro heightened his repression campaign and issued a ...
Some Venezuelans contend that the protests—seen as "rich people trying to get back lost economic perks"—have only served to unite the poor in defense of the revolution. [51] Analysts such as Steve Ellner , a political science professor at the University of the East in Puerto La Cruz , have expressed doubt over the protests' ultimate ...
The two men, flanked by members of the Venezuelan armed forces near La Carlota Air Force Base in Caracas, announced an uprising, [56] stating that this was the final phase of Operation Freedom. [57] Guaidó said: "People of Venezuela, it is necessary that we go out together to the street, to support the democratic forces and to recover our freedom.
A Meganálisis poll of 1,007 people in Venezuela from 8 to 11 August found that 93% of respondents believe Maduro lost the election. Venezuelans who responded that they were happy were 2.8%, and the poll found that 40% hoped to leave the country before the end of 2024. [42]
This month, for the first time in a decade, Venezuela will hold an election in which Maduro’s government is being challenged by an opposition with a credible chance of winning.
The respite — coming after Venezuela's economy contracted 80% from 2014 into 2021 — even prompted some Venezuelans to return from Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and other Latin American countries ...
In 2018, Venezuela's murder rate–described as the highest in the world–had begun to decrease to 81.4 per 100,000 people according to the Venezuelan Violence Observatory (OVV), with the organization stating that this downward trend was due to the millions of Venezuelans that emigrated from the country at the time. [252]
Traveling to Venezuela to vote for the opposition, however, could be a risky move for Venezuelans, given that regime officials in the past have arrested people willing to express their discontent ...