Nicolas Maduro completed his first 100 days since being sworn in as president on July 29 鈥 a period marked by his new street government initiative, Latin American solidarity, and debate over spiked inflation and moderate economic growth.
Maduro鈥檚 presidency began amid protest and claims of electoral fraud from Venezuela鈥檚 right-wing opposition. They continue to reject the results of the April 14 presidential election in which Maduro won 50.6% of the vote, a 1.6% margin over Henrique Capriles.
Since then, polls have pegged his approval rating around 56%.
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The conversations started in June between Venezuela and the United States have definitively ended, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced on July 20 at an event of the Strategic Regions of Integral Defense (REDI) in Cojedes state. 鈥淢y policy is zero tolerance to gringo aggression against Venezuela,鈥 Maduro said. 鈥淚'm not going to accept any aggression, whether it be verbal, political, or diplomatic. 鈥淓nough is enough. Stay over there with your empire, don't involve yourselves anymore in Venezuela.鈥