After initially agreeing to a recount, it backtracked, and Mr Maduro was hurriedly proclaimed the winner.
On March 4th the energy minister, Ed Davey, backtracked, giving Mr Fridman a week to make his case.A bigger worry should be the future of the North Sea. Britain's regime, unlike Norway's, does not encourage oilmen to keep going in lean years.
A few weeks later, Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino and President Rafael Correa backtracked, saying Mr Lucas was speaking "on his own behalf".
"I never thought he'd backtrack," Mr. Williams said.
"The fact that Goldstone backtracked," Mr. Netanyahu added, "must lead to the shelving of this report once and for all".
When the authorities backtracked and released Mr Hazare, he went on hunger strike.
Mr Netanyahu then backtracked, calling for Mr Abbas's help.But on the streets of the West Bank, as in Israel, emotions have begun to bubble.
The public backtracking by Mr. Maranhão, 60, raised questions about the lawmaker, who is expected to be next in line for the presidency if Ms. Rousseff is suspended for trial and the vice president takes the helm of the government this week.
So this week Mr Klein backtracked, but not much.
Mr Yonekura backtracked, but has been cold-shouldered by the government.
