Stark irregularities and suppression efforts could plunge the country back into instability and economic decline.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 that each vote was… Read More

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… Read More

Social unrest, looting, and violence were on the rise, and in April the government was forced to reduce its workweek to two days in order to save energy (partly because of shortages of hydroelectric power brought about by El Niño-derived drought). Meanwhile, the opposition pushed forward with an effort to put Maduro to a recall vote. By early May … Read More

The opposition is hopeful it can oust the incumbent, whose party has ruled the country for 25 years.Most critically, the result is unlikely to allow the Biden administration to unwind its sweeping economic sanctions against Venezuela.Some of the problems go back a long time. However, it is President Maduro and his predecessor Hugo Chávez who are t… Read More

Social unrest, looting, and violence were on the rise, and in April the government was forced to reduce its workweek to two days in order to save energy (partly because of shortages of hydroelectric power brought about by El Niño-derived drought). Meanwhile, the opposition pushed forward with an effort to put Maduro to a recall vote. By early May … Read More