On August 4 Maduro was the target of an unsuccessful assassination attempt undertaken with two explosive-laden drones (unmanned aerial vehicles) that were detonated near him while he spoke to National Guard troops after a commemorative parade in Caracas. Maduro was unharmed. Responsibility for the assault was unclear.In the 20th century Venezuela w

The following month, it was announced that SpaceX would construct a facility at the Port of Los Angeles to build and house the BFR. The port property presented an ideal location for SpaceX, as its mammoth rocket will only be movable by barge or ship when completed."Many of us, even if we have university degrees, have to work in whatever we can to s

The controls meant that many Venezuelan businesses stopped production because they pelo longer made a profit, eventually resulting in shortages.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.Some of the problems go back a long tim

The controls meant that many Venezuelan businesses stopped production because they no longer made a profit, eventually resulting in shortages.Television screens up and down the country only showed jubilant crowds, draped in the Venezuelan flag, dancing and cheering on the president.Univisión announcer Jorge Ramos described his detention following

Maduro was narrowly elected a few months later and re-elected in 2018 to a six-year term in an electoral process widely criticized as fraudulent.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.Although the central bank had stopped