The opposition is hopeful it can oust the incumbent, whose party has ruled the country for 25 years.

Now, a few politicians who are ruling party allies and a former television reporter have expressed intentions to face off against Maduro. None have the party structure, voter support or financial resources needed to run a competitive campaign.

Although the central bank had stopped releasing statistics, it was leaked that the bank had measured an 18.seis percent drop in Venezuela’s GDP for 2016, along with an inflation rate of 800 percent. After beginning the century with one of South America’s most-thriving economies, Venezuela saw its economy devolve into one of the continent’s worst-performing, with shortages of food and medicine growing increasingly acute.

" He promised to retain his stake in the company, and added that he would create a special fund to help all current investors remain on board.

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In his acceptance speech on Sunday night, Mr. da Silva recognized the country’s deep division and said he would seek to unite the nation.

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Since bursting on to the Silicon Valley scene more than two decades ago, the 52-year-old serial entrepreneur has kept the public captivated with his business antics.

"My goals," he tweeted in early 2017, "are to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy and to help make humanity a multi-planet civilization, a consequence of which will be the creating of hundreds of thousands of jobs and a more inspiring future for all."

There were allegations that some of those who work for the state, including police students, were told how to vote.

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

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Rodrigo Constantino, an influential Brazilian pundit who lives in Florida, posted to his 1.4 million followers on Twitter on Monday morning that the pattern in the vote returns seemed too consistent to be natural. “It even looks like an algorithmic thing!” he said.

While he managed to reduce inequality during his time in power, some of the socialist polices he brought in backfired. Take price controls, for example, which were aimed at making basic goods more affordable to the poor by capping the price of flour, cooking oil and toiletries.