Ben Studd

Over 600 international election observers have been in Venezuela monitoring the election, including the Morning Star’s campaigns manager, Calvin Tucker. “Although there were 10 candidates on the ballot paper, this election was a straight fight between an energetic 61-year-old President Maduro of the governing PSUV socialist party and the US-backed candidate, a frail 74-year-old former …

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By Francisco Dominguez for The Morning Star Venezuela’s election this weekend takes place in a context dominated by Venezuela’s robust economic recovery, which, considering the calamitous situation the country found itself as late as the end of 2020, the 1 per cent rate of inflation June this year and an expected rate of growth for 2024 …

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By Tim Young, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign for Labour Outlook In the forthcoming Presidential election in Venezuela on 28 July ten candidates, including current President Nicolás Maduro, will be competing to lead the country until 2030. The right-wing opposition fielding nine candidates is clearly fragmented. Meanwhile, more reliable polls show Maduro having an advantage – a …

Global Left must heed danger of far-right win in VenezuelaRead More »

By Tim Young, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign for Labour Briefing The United States has moved again to tighten the screws on Venezuela as it advances towards the presidential election to be held on 28th July. President Biden has reimposed sanctions on Venezuela’s oil and gas industry that were temporarily lifted in October last year, following agreement …

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By Francisco Dominguez for The Morning Star The start of the election campaign period in Venezuela was almost axiomatically followed by a mass unity mobilisation of Chavista forces, a messy crisis of leadership and candidacy for the right-wing opposition and the announcement by the US of the imposition of more sanctions against the country’s main …

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Introduction Venezuela goes to the polls again on 28 July 2024 for the presidential election, held every six years as prescribed in Venezuela’s constitution. In Venezuela, elections are organised by the National Electoral Council (CNE), which has constitutional status. It is composed of five people: three are nominated by civil society, one by the faculties …

BRIEFING: Venezuelan Elections 28 July 2024Read More »