She said that participating would only serve to legitimise Maduro’s electoral fraud. In contrast, a faction led by two-time presidential candidate Henrique Capriles viewed participation as an ...

X: @MariaCorinaYA Venezuela’s opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has an ominous hunch about how dictator Nicolás Maduro will respond to the Trump administration’s decision to limit ...

Nicolas Maduro's party dominated Venezuelan elections boycotted by the opposition, securing most governor positions and a significant share of National Assembly votes. Opposition leaders like ...

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

With the opposition virtually absent from the ballot, Maduro's United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) romped to victory in Sunday's vote for state governors and members of the National Assembly.

Divisions in Venezuela's opposition were laid bare Monday as it counted the cost of a ballot boycott that allowed authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro's party to sweep regional and parliamentary ...