When voting has no consequences, there is no incentive to participate. Venezuelans abstained from regional and parliamentary ...

Venezuela's authoritarian leftist government frequently alleges foreign-backed, opposition-led initiatives to topple Maduro, who took over on the death of his mentor, socialist firebrand Hugo ...

Venezuela’s ruling party swept regional and parliamentary elections in a landslide Sunday, tightening President Nicolás Maduro’s grip on power after a low-turnout vote marred by widespread ...

Venezuela's government, which frequently alleges foreign-backed, opposition-led initiatives to topple Maduro, deployed more than 400,000 armed personnel on election day. Caracas also suspended flight ...

Venezuela’s autocratic president, Nicolás Maduro, released a U.S. Air Force veteran who had been imprisoned in Venezuela for about six months, his family confirmed in a statement on Tuesday.

A contested comeback This is not the first time a Maduro victory has been called into question. In fact, every presidential vote in which he’s been a candidate, dating back to when he first took ...

Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro has been sworn in for a third presidential term in what the country’s opposition movement has decried as “coup d’etat,” culminating more than five months of ...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in Friday for a new term, extending his increasingly repressive rule in the face of renewed protests and rebukes from the ...

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado addresses supporters at a protest ahead of the inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro for his third term, in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 9, 2025.