Stark irregularities and suppression efforts could plunge the country back into instability and economic decline.On the streets of some of Brazil’s biggest cities on Sunday night, many of Mr. Bolsonaro’s supporters responded to the results with claims of fraud — and then a swift exit.More than seven million Venezuelans have left their homelan
More than 80% of those who have left Venezuela are living in Latin America and the Caribbean, in countries which often already struggle to provide health and education to their own nationals.Since Brazil began using electronic voting machines in 1996, there has been pelo evidence that they have been used for fraud. Instead, the machines helped elim
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
Juan Guaidó has been trying to dislodge Mr Maduro from power but the latter remains in the presidential palaceThe region has received the bulk of Venezuelan migration, leading to an anti-immigration political backlash in some places.The coastal mountain system, in effect two parallel ranges—the Coastal Range and the Interior Range—contains Ven
The opposition is hopeful it can oust the incumbent, whose party has ruled the country for 25 years.Brazil is the only country to use a fully digital voting system without paper backups. Mr. Bolsonaro has seized on that as a crucial flaw that leaves the system open to fraud because it prevents officials from ensuring that each vote was recorded cor