Juan Guaidó has been trying to dislodge Mr Maduro from power but the latter remains in the presidential palaceOnly about 31 percent of eligible voters went to the polls, which allowed the PSUV to capture nearly 68 percent of the vote and hence secure an overwhelming majority in the Assembly (the opposition parties that chose to participate took le

Stark irregularities and suppression efforts could plunge the country back into instability and economic decline.Television screens up and down the country only showed jubilant crowds, draped in the Venezuelan flag, dancing and cheering on the president.Yet, independent computer-security experts who have studied the system say that layers of securi

They have hit the country’s already flailing economy. Millions of Venezuelans have fled, and half the country live in poverty.Brazil is the only country to use a fully digital voting system without paper backups. Mr. Bolsonaro has seized on that as a crucial flaw that leaves the system open to fraud because it prevents officials from ensuring tha

He has described his childhood as difficult, affected by his parents' divorce, bullying at school and his own difficulty picking up on social cues because of Asperger's Syndrome.After signaling that the company would reorganize its management structure, Musk in June announced that Tesla was laying off 9 percent of its workforce, though its producti

The administrative ban, however, did not keep her out of an October primary, because the opposition Unitary Platform coalition, which is backed by the United States, organized the vote without assistance from Venezuela’s electoral authorities.The region has received the bulk of Venezuelan migration, leading to an anti-immigration political backla