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Maduro's security forces have gone door-to-door seeking to arrest protesters, poll workers and members of the opposition in what Maduro has referred to as Operation Tun Tun, and armed bands of Maduro supporters known as colectivos have joined security forces in repressing dissent.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado told Sen. Ben Cardin that U.S. support is a “moral reference” for those protesting the government of President Nicolás Maduro.
Protests against Nicolás Maduro. Opposition march in Caracas on 12 February 2014; protesters perched on a statue of Simón Bolívar in May 2014; a woman wearing a banner reading Never Forget on the first anniversary of protests on 12 February 2015; thousands marching in Caracas on 26 October 2016; the Mother of All Marches on 19 April 2017. In ...
Venezuela’s opposition and multiple Latin American leaders have refused to recognize Maduro’s victory in the July 28 vote, which was announced by the country’s electoral authority - a body ...
Last year, Biden eased a number of sanctions on Venezuela's oil, gas and gold sectors in exchange for Maduro's commitment to negotiate with the Venezuelan opposition to hold fair elections.
—Hugo Chávez during a nationwide TV address (cadena nacional) (8 December 2012) 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 ...
Maduro, a 61-year-old former union leader and foreign minister, won election after Chavez's death in 2013 and was re-elected in 2018. The opposition said both votes were rigged.
Maduro appeared at an army base to praise the loyalty of the forces. [73] On 4 May, Guaidó organized a peaceful march that was aimed to encourage more FANB defectors. The opposition leader later acknowledged that this march (including previous protests) did not have a sufficient outcome, and that he had "overestimated military support". [74]