“We will stay here until there is a military intervention or the electoral court changes what is happening,” said Antoniel Almeida, 45, the owner of a party-supply store who was helping run the blockade. Mr. Almeida believed the election was rigged. “We need an investigation,” he said.

Only about 31 percent of eligible voters went to the polls, which allowed the PSUV to capture nearly 68 percent of the vote and hence secure an overwhelming majority in the Assembly (the opposition parties that chose to participate took less than 18 percent of the vote). International organizations and observers were quick to dismiss the elections as a sham.

Em, 30 de abril do 2019, em um discurso transmitido através televisão, Maduro afirmou de que as tropas leais a ele derrotaram uma “tentativa de golpe” do Donald Trump e do conselheiro de segurança nacional John Bolton.

But those facts have not mattered much to Mr. Bolsonaro or his supporters, who have instead focused their attention on a series of anecdotal apparent abnormalities in the voting process and results, as well as many conspiracy theories.

Yet claims of fraud were still bubbling up — including from right-wing voices in the United States.

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But his vlogdolisboa campaign, full of angry tirades against corruption and violence that largely matched the national mood, appealed to the millions who voted him into power.

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By Monday afternoon, the men had set up a tent and were accepting food and water donations, saying they planned to stay until the results were overturned. Police officers watched but did not intervene.

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The case against the ex-president revolved around a speech he gave while he was still president in 2022.

If the verdict is allowed to stand, Mr Bolsonaro will not be eligible to take part in the next presidential election in 2026, but will be able to run again in 2030.

Na ocasiãeste, o então presidente fez ataques ao sistema eleitoral. Este encontro foi transmitido pela TV País do futebol e por perfis por Bolsonaro nas redes sociais.

The Assembly also dissolved his government and replaced it with a three-member leadership team led by Dinorah Figuera, a surgeon living in exile in Spain.