2024 Venezuelan presidential election

Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in Venezuela on 28 July 2024 to choose a president for a six-year term beginning on 10 January 2025.^[1]^[2]

Incumbent president Nicolás Maduro is running for a third consecutive term. Edmundo González Urrutia is representing the Unitary Platform, the main opposition political alliance. Other leading candidates of the Venezuelan opposition have been disqualified from participating in the election during their campaign or in previous elections. In June 2023, the leading candidate María Corina Machado was barred from participating by the Venezuelan government for alleged political crimes. This move has been regarded by the opposition as violation of political human rights and has been condemned by international bodies like the Organization of American States, the European Union, and Human Rights Watch, as well as countries such as Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Germany, Mexico, Paraguay, the United Kingdom, the United States and Uruguay.

The National Electoral Council (CNE) announced that the election will be held on 28 July (the day that would have been Hugo Chávez's 70th birthday),^[3] with filing of candidacies set to run from 21 to 25 March^[4] and campaigning to be held from 4 to 25 July.^[5]

Direct talks between senior Venezuelan and United States officials that have been stalled since mid-April are restarted in early July, a few weeks prior to the election.^[6]^[7]

^ "Venezuela: Electoral Authorities Set Presidential Elections for July 28". Venezuelanalysis. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
^ "Venezuela Will Hold Presidential Elections On July 28: Official". www.barrons.com. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
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^ Cano, Regina Garcia (2 July 2024). "Venezuela's opposition coalition welcomes President Maduro's plan to jumpstart dialogue with the US". Associated Press. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
^ Vivian Sequera, Matt Spetalnick (3 July 2024). "US resumes talks with Venezuela, pushes for fair July 28 election". Reuters. Retrieved 6 July 2024.

[1] "Venezuela: Electoral Authorities Set Presidential Elections for July 28". Venezuelanalysis. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

[2] "Venezuela Will Hold Presidential Elections On July 28: Official". www.barrons.com. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

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[l494-6] Cano, Regina Garcia (2 July 2024). "Venezuela's opposition coalition welcomes President Maduro's plan to jumpstart dialogue with the US". Associated Press. Retrieved 6 July 2024.

[l525-7] Vivian Sequera, Matt Spetalnick (3 July 2024). "US resumes talks with Venezuela, pushes for fair July 28 election". Reuters. Retrieved 6 July 2024.

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