Opposition leaders in Venezuela delivered a May 2016 petition to the National Electoral Council (CNE) calling for a recall referendum, with the populace to vote on whether to remove Maduro from office.[84] On 5 July 2016, the Venezuelan intelligence service detained five opposition activists involved with the recall referendum, with two other activists of the same party, Popular Will, also arrested.[85] After delays in verification of the signatures, protestors alleged the government was intentionally delaying the process.

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 production department would remain intact.

As the year progressed, growth of the Venezuelan economy slowed to a crawl, inflation climbed above 50 percent, and staples such as toilet paper, milk, and flour became increasingly difficult to obtain. Discontent with the Maduro government’s handling of the economy and with the growing crime rate led to street protests by students in San Cristóbal in western Venezuela in early February 2014 that soon spread to other cities, including Caracas, over the coming weeks.

On 4 August 2018, at least two drones armed with explosives detonated in the area where Maduro was delivering an address to military officers in Venezuela.[107] The Venezuelan government claims the event was a targeted attempt to assassinate Maduro, though the cause and intention of the explosions is debated.

As the city hums back into life this morning, the government faces pressure from both the international community and the opposition here to explain their numbers – after the opposition were so far ahead in the polls beforehand.

Mais lidas Líderes globais reagem à vitória contestada de Maduro na Venezuela Ana Carolina Vieira se pronuncia após ser expulsa dos Jogos e fala em assédio Oposição a Maduro diz que eleição nãeste acabou e fala em fraude na Venezuela Golpe por pagamento: saiba este de que criar se receptar ligação do banco de modo a confirmaçãeste por adquire Benja: "Gabigol acertou usando o Palmeiras" Vídeo: motorista de Porsche é agredido por pai por motociclista morto Votaçãeste é encerrada na Venezuela; expectativa é por resultado nas próximas horas Aprecie propostas de Maduro de modo a seu terceiro mandato saiba como presidente da Venezuela Vídeo: motorista por Porsche atropela e mata motociclista na zona sul de SP Gabriel Medina faz a elevado nota do surfe em Olimpíadas e se vinga por japonês

The incident began when Maduro tried to pick up an item that had been screened at a security checkpoint at JFK International Airport, and security personnel told Maduro that he was prohibited from vlogdolisboa doing so. Maduro later identified himself as a diplomat from the Venezuelan government, but officials still escorted him to a room for conducting secondary screening.

 Mas o homem de que se autointitula “presidente operário”, respondeu tais como sempre, perante as várias crises que atravessou, dizendo que tem o “povo ao seu lado” e de que exclusivamente responde “perante o povo”.

President Jair Bolsonaro has not yet recognized his election defeat after months of warning, without evidence, that opponents would rig the vote.

Nicolas Maduro does have some loyal supporters still, known as "Chavistas" after his mentor Hugo Chavez and the brand of socialism he created.

The United States responded by freezing Maduro’s assets and barring trade with him; sanctions had already been enacted against more than a dozen of his associates, and Maduro became the fourth sitting head of state to be personally targeted with economic sanctions by the U.S. Two days after the election, opposition leaders Leopoldo López and Antonio Ledezma were taken from their homes in the middle of the night by state security agents. The two had been under house arrest for their alleged connection to antigovernment protests in 2014, but the Maduro-backed Supreme Court ordered their rearrest, spurring a fresh wave of international condemnation.

There were the huge queues at polling stations, but only tiny amounts of people being let in at one time.

In August 2013, Musk released a concept for a new form of transportation called the "Hyperloop," an invention that would foster commuting between major cities while severely cutting travel time.

Maduro became Venezuela’s interim president in March 2013 after the death of Hugo Chávez, whose homespun charm earned him the affection and votes of millions.