Venezuela finds itself in a deep crisis due to the totalitarian actions of its government, which declared the re-election of Nicolás Maduro despite a mountain of evidence suggesting otherwise and an electoral process that was anything but transparent. This new crisis affecting the South American country serves as a powerful warning about how fragile democracy can be when an authoritarian figure is allowed to take power.
This year, the Venezuelan government called for elections, but not without first aggressively restricting the opposition, hindering international observers, and stifling the vote of nearly five million Venezuelans living abroad who are eligible to vote. Despite these obstacles, a sense of hope and change began to emerge.
