Maduro promoted a consultative referendum in Venezuela to support Venezuela's claim to the Essequibo region, which is disputed with, and controlled by, neighboring Guyana.

After signaling that the company would reorganize its management structure, Musk in June announced that Tesla was laying off nove percent of its workforce, though its production department would remain intact.

The bitterly fought election went into a run-off on 30 October and was won by an extremely narrow margin by Lula.

Upon the death of Hugo Chávez on 5 March 2013, Maduro assumed the powers and responsibilities of the president. He appointed Jorge Arreaza to take his place as vice president. Since Chávez died within the first four years of his term, the Constitution of Venezuela stated that a presidential election had to be held within 30 days of his death.

A US judge dismissed the case, one of several filed in the aftermath of Mr Musk's takeover of the site.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Maduro and the second or maternal family name is Moros.

In an attempt to overcome the sanctions and restart the economy, in February 2018 the Maduro government introduced the petro, a copyright (akin to the Bitcoin) whose value was tied to the price of one barrel of Venezuelan crude oil and backed by the country’s reserves of gold, diamonds, gas, and oil. Maduro claimed that the first day of petro sales had netted some $735 million, but skeptics viewed the creation of the world’s first state-backed digital currency as a sign of desperation.

Banks said she overheard Musk making phone calls to drum up the funding he promised was already in place.

By Monday afternoon, the men had set up a tent and were accepting food and water donations, saying they planned to stay until the results were overturned. Police officers watched but did not intervene.

[158] After election officials closely aligned with the government blocked an attempt to summon a recall referendum against Maduro, Venezuelan political analysts cited in The Guardian warned of authoritarianism and a dictatorship.[159]

Tais cestas eram utilizadas tais como urnas em de que se colocavam partes do esqueleto já seco para serem depositadas em outros locais como sepulturas secundárias. Alguns fragmentos arqueológicos do cerâmica mostram impressões do cestaria que sugerem qual certos trançados serviam de suporte para grandes caçarolas ou pratos, enquanto as peças eram decoradas ou finalizadas previamente de serem queimadas. Muitas DE tfoicnicas praticadas pelo artesanato atual tiveram origem vlogdolisboa nesse período histórico.

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There were some poll stations that didn’t open at all, leading to protests and clashes with the authorities.

Frustrated by that delay, the opposition again took to the streets, most notably on September 1, when Venezuelans from all over the country went to the capital for a massive demonstration called the “Takeover of Caracas.”