Venezuela’s main opposition bloc agrees on candidate to challenge Maduro in presidential election

Venezuela’s main opposition coalition has agreed to unite behind former diplomat Edmundo González as its challenger to President Nicolás Maduro in this July 28 election. Read More

Venezuela’s Presidential Elections: Maduro Plays Hardball but There Are Drawbacks

Historian and political analyst Steve Ellner lays down the political stakes and US meddling ahead of Venezuela’s electoral ... The presidential elections are slated for July 28 and Maduro ... Read More

Venezuela opposition fails to register candidate for presidential election

Venezuela’s main opposition coalition said it has been blocked from registering its candidate to challenge President Nicolas Maduro in the upcoming elections on July 28. In a video statement on ... Read More

Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro thwarts main opposition candidates ahead of election

Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro appears to have ... to running but was unable to access the election authority’s computer system or enter the electoral council building to register. Read More

Venezuela Elections: Who Will Take The Opposition Vote?

Benjamin Rausseo, "El Conde del Guacharo" arrives at the CNE, the electoral authority ... This election will have a broad impact beyond Venezuela. The U.S. faces its own presidential race this ... Read More

Venezuela opposition leader Corina Yoris is blocked by electoral board from registering to run for president as U.S urges incumbent Nicolas Maduro to allow all candidates to run

An opposition coalition has been left without anyone to challenge President Nicolás Maduro in the July general elections after its main candidate was blocked by the electoral board from ... Read More

Venezuela Rejects Foreign Interference in Elections, Denounces US Delegitimization Campaign

Brasilia claimed the situation was “not compatible” with the Barbados Agreements signed between the Nicolás Maduro ... presidential elections,” reads the text issued by the Venezuelan government on ... Read More

Venezuela's Maduro files election candidacy, opposition coalition blocked

Supporters of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro ... Electoral Council (CNE). "They did it by automated means," CNE president Elvis Amoroso said. Rosales, 71, contested the 2006 elections ... Read More

Former Chavez rival registers to challenge Maduro in Venezuela polls

Venezuela’s President ... before the Venezuelan electoral authority in Caracas on Monday (AFP photo) CARACAS — Venezuelan opposition figure Manuel Rosales registered to challenge President Nicolas ... Read More

Venezuela’s Maduro makes his candidacy official while a would-be rival struggles to register

On Monday, throngs of supporters of President Nicolás Maduro rallied at a giant stage draped in the red, yellow and blue colors of Venezuela’s flag outside the electoral council headquarters ... Read More

Venezuela’s Strongman Decides Who Will Run Against Him in Presidential Election

Venezuela’s regime barred the leading opposition candidate from running in July’s presidential election, a maneuver that political analysts say splits strongman Nicolás Maduro’s foes and ... Read More

Venezuela's Maduro registers for presidential elections

CARACAS, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday registered at the National Electoral Council (CNE) as a candidate for the presidential elections on July 28. Read More