By Anthony Marcus, correspondent. Eurasia Business News, July 28, 2024. Article n°1116.

In Venezuela, on July 28, on the birthday of former President Hugo Chavez, presidential elections are held. Incumbent President Nicolás Maduro, who took office after the death of Hugo Chavez in 2013, is running for a third consecutive term.

Mr. Maduro’s main rival is former diplomat Edmundo Gonzalez. He is supported by a coalition of opposition parties. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Edmundo Gonzalez served as the country’s ambassador to Algeria and Argentina. A total of 10 candidates are registered for the elections, eight of whom, however, do not have a real chance.

Photo : Nicolas Maduro, president since 2013, talking to supporters.

This is the first time in over a decade that the majority of the Venezuelan opposition has united behind a single candidate rather than boycotting the election.

Polling stations will close at 22:00 local time. The president of the country is elected for a six-year term, which will be counted from January 10, 2025.

Maduro himself, after voting in the elections, said that he would respect the decision of the electoral council following the results of these elections.

“Respect for the electoral process is respect for the constitution. Venezuela is a country that has a constitution, institutions, a law, and we all have an obligation to respect it. <… >I recognize and will recognize the arbiter (of the election commission) in the elections,” he said.

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At the same time, during the campaign events, he confidently said several times that the national electoral council would declare him the winner at 10 pm local time. Against this background, the opposition fears manipulations in the counting of votes, pointing to the absence of observers from the UN and Western countries. 

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