The sitting president has reportedly secured 51% of the vote, beating the main opposition candidate, Edmundo González by a significant margin.
Opposition candidate Edmundo González is leading the polls and threatens to end 25 years of Chavismo rule.
The Biden administration helped prod the Venezuelan government to hold elections on July 28. Now, it is watching to see if the vote will be free...
Venezuela could be on the cusp of a historic return to democracy, a shift that would reshape Latin America and pave the way for millions of...
“We haven’t seen anything similar to this,” said Staffan Darnolf of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, a group outside Washington that advises more than 30...
Many Venezuelans who left their homeland oppose the country’s autocratic president, but strict requirements will prevent most from voting in a closely watched election.