The Venezuelan president held a meeting with his Brazilian counterpart at the CELAC summit, in which he invited Brazil to participate as an observer in the upcoming elections
The ruling Maduro government has offered up 27 potential dates for voting day, while the body that is actually in charge of announcing the elections has remained silent. Democratic guarantees have not yet been established between the government and the opposition
Blanco assures that without Machado’s participation, there will be no free elections in Venezuela
The Venezuelan government has given the 13 members of the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights 72 hours to leave the country
Attorney General Tarek William Saab launched an attack against human rights organizations: ‘They are lying, and at the same time they are committing a crime by telling these lies’
The National Electoral Council has not announced dates yet, but the government is moving toward elections without oppposition political alliance Plataforma Unitaria (Unitary Platform)
Caracas views Washington’s decision as an attack on its sovereignty and maintains its veto on opposition candidate María Corina Machado
It is imperative that the United States administration look beyond sanctions and focus its efforts on catalyzing the rebirth of democracy in Venezuela
The U.S. presses President Maduro to let all opponents run for office and to release more political prisoners
The Treasury Department gave companies doing business with Venezuela’s state-owned mining company until Feb. 13 to wind down operations
María Corina Machado, the opposition leader who was first in the polls, will not be able to face off with Nicolás Maduro due to a legal trick used by the government
María Corina Machado won a presidential primary held in October by the faction of the opposition backed by the U.S. She secured more than 90% of the vote
The negotiations between the Maduro administration and the opposition are on hold. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has continued to refrain from ruling on the participation of the candidate who is most critical of the president
Chavismo could be considering other candidates for the election due to the Venezuelan president’s low popularity
The opposition believes that Maduro is running out of excuses not to face María Corina Machado at the ballot box in 2024
The Maduro ally has gone from being a businessman involved in alleged acts of corruption to being viewed as a hero, despite the fact that he collaborated with U.S. authorities. The Chavismo government sees his release as a victory
Residents of the jungle region of Guyana, rich in oil and gold mines, respond to the threats being made by President Nicolás Maduro: ‘I don’t want to be Venezuelan, no way’
The Venezuelan government’s referendum to annex the territory of Essequibo in Guayana can be taken advantage of by Chavismo to postpone the presidential elections
The Venezuelan government is failing to comply with several points of the Barbados electoral agreement reached two months ago with the opposition
Venezuela’s opposition candidate seeks to conquer a political space traditionally occupied by Chavismo — a crucial step toward removing Maduro from power
As Guyana prepares to take the dispute to the United Nations Security Council, Venezuelan authorities have issued arrest warrants for several close allies of the opposition leader
The deal is part of an agreement signed in October between a U.S.-backed opposition group and the government of Nicolás Maduro on electoral conditions ahead of the 2024 presidential election
The president of the Washington Office on Latin America notes that the strength of civil society and committed youth are encouraging signs in the region. This is despite the drop in the democratic model’s popularity, a trend that has been observed in numerous surveys
The winner of the primaries thinks that there is a sector of Chavismo that is willing to move towards an orderly transition and accept that they will not be in power
Chavismo has once again made a demonstration of its power and, through the judicial bodies it controls, issued an order to suspend the process of the opposition primary elections
More than 2.4 million Venezuelans in the country and abroad voted, including in areas once considered strongholds of the ruling party
With caution, the citizens of Venezuela hope for a resumption of negotiations between the government and the opposition, the easing of U.S. sanctions and the release of political prisoners. However, the Maduro regime has drawn a red line: it will not allow María Corina Machado to be a presidential candidate