Enrique Márquez, Maduro’s opponent at the polls: ‘Even if Chavismo doesn’t want to, it must accept defeat’
Venezuela’s surprise presidential candidate tells EL PAÍS that he’s willing to facilitate the incumbent’s peaceful departure from power
Venezuela: the hour of the brave
The lesson for today’s leaders is not only to appreciate the value of errors in judgment, but also to understand that the desire for change may be greater than the best of calculations, not to mention that this desire requires direction
Milei’s provocations strain diplomatic relations with large Latin American economies
Colombia has demanded an apology and will expel diplomats after the Argentine president called Gustavo Petro a ‘terrorist murderer’ during an interview with CNN
Unequal competition in Venezuela
The Maduro government obstructs the registration of opposition candidates and casts a shadow on the legitimacy of the elections
Venezuelan opposition seeks to rebuild itself after the trauma of candidate registration
María Corina Machado’s close circle accuses Manuel Rosales of betrayal after he registered by surprise at the last minute. The governor of Zulia said he is prepared to hand the candidacy to someone who can ‘overcome the government’s obstacles’
Venezuela’s Maduro draws global condemnation over presidential campaign obstacles
The EU, the United States and even leftist governments from Brazil and Colombia reacted negatively to difficulties placed in the way of the opposition to register candidates for the July 28 election
Venezuela regime prevents Corina Yoris, substitute for María Corina Machado, from registering as presidential candidate
The main opposition group was unable to put forward her name due to alleged computer glitches on the electoral authority’s website. A candidate running with a different party, Enrique Márquez, did manage to register at the last minute
Corina Yoris, the renowned 80-year-old academic who will face Nicolás Maduro at the polls
After arduous negotiations and much secrecy, the opposition chooses an activist of merit, civic commitment and free of controversy to replace María Corina Machado
From Manuel Rosales to Eduardo Fernández, how the search for an alternative candidate to María Corina Machado is playing out in Venezuela
The opposition has been unanimously in favor of the winner of the presidential primaries, but faced with her disqualification, some sectors are betting on a plan B
Arrest warrants issued for Venezuelan opposition candidate’s campaign manager and other staffers
Maria Corina Machado’s campaign manager and the eight other staffers were accused of being part of violent anti-government conspiracies
Nicolás Maduro, 11 years on: unpopular, but comfortable in power
The president, whose leadership cast many doubts after Chávez named him successor, has a clear path to cling onto power for another six years thanks to a Chavista-controlled framework
Tarek William Saab, the poet and friendly Buddhist who ended up as the feared attorney general of Venezuela
The enforcer of the most controversial judicial decisions against activists and political opponents, he has traversed a bumpy path to impose the revolutionary narrative amidst the Venezuelan crisis
Javier Milei lashes out at Nicolás Maduro for closing Venezuelan airspace to Argentina
‘Argentina won’t be extorted by friends of terrorism,’ said a presidential spokesperson
María Corina Machado refuses to let up on Chavismo, will continue her presidential campaign in Venezuela
The primary opposition leader isn’t standing down, despite officials having tossed out the possibility of her facing off with Nicolás Maduro in July
Captive democracy
Candidates from all over the world — Trump in the U.S., Bolsonaro in Brazil, Maduro in Venezuela — seek to reach or stay in power for one main reason: it is the only way to avoid ending up in jail
Venezuela sets presidential election for July 28 as opposition candidate remains blocked
The election plans make no mention of the participation of candidates banned by the government from running for office, including President Nicolás Maduro’s strongest adversary this year, Maria Corina Machado
A thermal cover at 16,500 feet: Maduro’s strategy to save the last glacier in Venezuela
The authorities have covered a piece of ice smaller than a soccer field with a geotextile blanket, in an operation that has raised criticism from scientists and environmentalists
Nicolás Maduro assures Lula that there will be elections in Venezuela after June
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
ICC rules that a probe into alleged crimes against humanity in Venezuela may proceed
The decision will reopen the investigation into President Nicolás Maduro’s Venezuelan security forces during a crackdown on anti-government protests in 2017
With no election date set, Venezuela’s political conflict drags on
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
Superheroes with an iron fist
President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador, Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro and other populist rulers of this century sell an image of infallibility and invulnerability that is typically found in comic books
Two Venezuelas in the cinema: The poor people who embraced Chavismo and the new diaspora that criticizes a failed political project
The film ‘Simón’ — which addresses the 2017 protests against the Maduro government in an unprecedented way — is one of many new productions by Venezuelan directors in the diaspora, whose work is in stark contrast to the pro-Chavista social realism of the past
Alleged kidnapping of former Venezuelan soldier in Chile: What we know so far
The Chilean government has filed a complaint regarding the case of Ronald Ojeda Moreno, who was taken from his apartment in Santiago at dawn
Chile alerts Interpol to kidnapping of former Venezuelan soldier in Santiago
Ronald Leandro Ojeda Moreno was taken from his apartment by four individuals posing as police officers. Authorities are not ruling out any hypothesis, including a Venezuelan counterintelligence operation
Russian foreign minister visits Caracas and reaffirms support of Venezuela’s Maduro
Venezuela’s foreign minister said both countries ‘are victims on the international stage of the illegal, irrational, illegitimate application of unilateral coercive measures,’ referring to economic sanctions
Carlos Blanco, advisor to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado: ‘The movement is willing to negotiate with the Maduro regime’
Blanco assures that without Machado’s participation, there will be no free elections in Venezuela
Venezuela’s Maduro reverts to his most radical positions amidst wave of repression
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