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 Niñeste-derived drought). Meanwhile, the opposition pushed forward with an effort to put Maduro to a recall vote. By early M

Juan Guaidó has been trying to dislodge Mr Maduro from power but the latter remains in the presidential palaceMusk has pursued an interest in artificial intelligence, becoming co-chair of the nonprofit OpenAI. The research company launched in late 2015 with the stated mission of advancing digital intelligence to benefit humanity.Although the centr

They have hit the country’s already flailing economy. Millions of Venezuelans have fled, and half the country live in poverty.Opposition candidates and their supporters struggle to find places to gather without harassment from government activists and to get fuel to travel across the country.Musk’s mother, Maye Musk, is a Canadian model and the

A smooth Venezuelan election that would have led to greater economic opening also suited the country’s Latin American neighbors, including Mr. Maduro’s old allies, the leftist governments of Brazil and Colombia.On the streets of some of Brazil’s biggest cities on Sunday night, many of Mr. Bolsonaro’s supporters responded to the results with

The controls meant that many Venezuelan businesses stopped production because they pelo longer made a profit, eventually resulting in shortages.The company enjoyed another milestone moment in February 2018 with the successful test launch of the powerful Falcon Heavy rocket. Armed with additional Falcon nove boosters, the Falcon Heavy was designed t