Preelectoral: general elections in Venezuela
On July 28, the presidential elections in Venezuela will take place for the 2025-2031 term. Ten candidates are running, but the primary contest is between the current president, Nicolás Maduro of the Gran Polo Patriótico coalition, seeking his third consecutive term, and Edmundo González Urrutia, the main opposition candidate from the Plataforma Unitaria Democrática (PUD in Spanish).
The continuity of Chavismo is at stake in these elections, unfolding within a highly polarized political context marked by the disqualification of opposition candidates, falsification of electoral polls for political propaganda, high inflation, and a lack of guarantees for transparent elections. These factors contribute to the difficulty in predicting Sunday’s outcome, although to the go by the polls at least the opposition appears well placed.