Editing Politics of Venezuela (section)

==== 2013 ====
On 14 April 2013 elections were held between Nicolás Maduro and [[Henrique Capriles|Henrique Capriles Radonski]], opposition leader and co founder of the political party, Primero Justicia. The Venezuelan election agency announced that Maduro won with 50.8 percent of the vote, the smallest presidential win margin since the [[1968 Venezuelan general election|1968 election]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-election-idUSBRE93C0B120130415|title=Venezuela opposition demands vote recount, protests flare|last=Ellsworth|first=Brian|work=U.S.|access-date=21 October 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> Opposition forces said that Henrique Capriles Radonski actually won by close to 300,000 votes and proposed evidence of voter fraud.<ref name=":0" /> Capriles demanded a recount that in June reaffirmed Maduro as the victor. These results sparked subsequent demonstrations and protests by those who said the recount process was also illegitimate.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Carriquiry|first=Alicia L.|date=November 2011|title=Election Forensics and the 2004 Venezuelan Presidential Recall Referendum as a Case Study|journal=Statistical Science|language=EN|volume=26|issue=4|pages=471–478|doi=10.1214/11-STS379|issn=0883-4237|arxiv=1205.3009|s2cid=9646736}}</ref> Maduro and his government responded with suppression of the opposition that resulted in hundreds of arrests, that Maduro claimed to be in defense of a coup he was facing.<ref>{{Cite book|title=El ocaso del chavismo : Venezuela 2005–2015|last=Margarita.|first=López Maya|author-link1=Margarita Lopez Maya|isbn=9788417014254|oclc=973928217|date = 21 December 2016|publisher=Editorial Alfa }}</ref>

Maduro attempted to continue the [[Chavismo]] policies. Like Chávez, Nicolás Maduro has ruled by decree multiple times since he was elected in April 2013. President Maduro has ruled Venezuela by decree for the majority of the period from 19 November 2013<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/venezuelan-president-maduro-given-power-to-rule-by-decree/2013/11/19/af304c3c-516b-11e3-9ee6-2580086d8254_story.html|title=Venezuelan president Maduro given power to rule by decree|last1=Diaz-Struck|first1=Emilia|date=19 November 2013|access-date=27 April 2015|agency=[[The Washington Post]]|last2=Forero|first2=Juan}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/865130925 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/865127887 cite No. 14 – verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC bot/Job 18]]}}</ref> through 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-31899510|title=Venezuela: President Maduro granted power to govern by decree|date=16 March 2015|access-date=27 April 2015|agency=[[BBC News]]}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/865130925 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/865127887 cite No. 15 – verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC bot/Job 18]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/16/venezuela-president-declares-economic-emergency-as-inflation-hits-141|title=Venezuela president declares economic emergency as inflation hits 141%|last=Brodzinsky|first=Sibylla|date=15 January 2016|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=24 February 2016|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/865130925 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/865127887 cite No. 16 – verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC bot/Job 18]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/venezuela-is-going-to-shut-down-for-a-whole-week-because-of-an-energy-crisis-a6939246.html|title=Venezuela is going to shut down for a whole week because of an energy crisis|last1=Worely|first1=Will|date=18 March 2016|access-date=12 May 2016|agency=[[The Independent]]}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/865130925 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/865127887 cite No. 17 – verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC bot/Job 18]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-venezuela-contreras-20170517-story.html|title=Human rights activists say many Venezuelan protesters face abusive government treatment|last1=Kraul|first1=Chris|date=17 May 2017|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=22 May 2017}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/865130925 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/865127887 cite No. 18 – verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC bot/Job 18]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lapatilla.com/site/2017/07/18/gobierno-extiende-por-decima-vez-el-decreto-de-emergencia-economica/|title=Gobierno extiende por décima vez el decreto de emergencia económica|date=18 July 2017|work=[[La Patilla]]|access-date=19 July 2017|language=es-ES}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/865130925 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/865127887 cite No. 19 – verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC bot/Job 18]]}}</ref> Maduro has not achieved the same level of popularity that Chávez had during his presidency, demonstrated by the narrow early presidential election win. Many attribute Maduro's failure to continue the same populism model successfully to his lack of charisma that Chávez capitalized on. Chávez's opposition reported to still have large love and respect for Chávez during his presidency, Eric Olsen, deputy director of the Latin American Program at the Wilson Center reports.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/08/23/nicolas-maduro-venezeula-president/573363001/|title=Why is Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro so controversial?|work=USA TODAY|access-date=21 October 2018|language=en}}</ref> Olsen notes that this was not the same case with Maduro, who clearly lacks the same amount of captivating characteristics.<ref name=":1" />