“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.Candidates must register by late March, giving Machado a
The following month, it was announced that SpaceX would construct a facility at the Port of Los Angeles to build and house the BFR. The port property presented an ideal location for SpaceX, as its mammoth rocket will only be movable by barge or ship when completed.After a campaign marked by intensifying efforts by Mr. Maduro’s allies to rein in t
Maduro was narrowly elected a few months later and re-elected in 2018 to a six-year term in an electoral process widely criticized as fraudulent.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.As the year progressed, growth of the
Six days later, Musk sought to clarify his position with a statement in which he pointed to discussions with the managing director of the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund as the source of his "funding secured" declaration.Television screens up and down the country only showed jubilant crowds, draped in the Venezuelan flag, dancing and cheering o
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.The satellite network, named Starlink, would ideally make broadband service more accessible in rural areas, while also boosting competi