News of elections 2024

Venezuela opposition urges protests against Maduro's inauguration

01-01-2025 07:42 Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia call for street protests in January, when President Nicolás Maduro is scheduled to be sworn in for a third term after his disputed re-election.

PROFILE

Edmundo González Urrutia: from placeholder to opposition pointman

10-09-2024 09:40 Edmundo González Urrutia is a soft-spoken grandfather who spurns the spotlight. But Venezuela's political crisis has thrust him into the crosshairs of Nicolás Maduro's iron-fisted regime.

crisis in Venezuela

Opposition leader María Corina Machado vows to stay in Venezuela

10-09-2024 09:05 Opposition leader María Corina Machado vows to remain in Venezuela after her colleague and ex-presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia took up asylum in Spain.

Political crisis in Venezuela

Venezuela opposition wants candidate recognised as president-elect

06-09-2024 12:58 Marîa Corina Machado calls on nations across world to recognise candidate Edmundo González Urrutia as president-elect after disputed election.

VENEZUELA IN CRISIS

Venezuelan opposition rallies in Caracas and vows to fight 'to the end'

18-08-2024 08:54 People rallied in several cities in Venezuela and as far afield as Spain, Belgium and Australia in response to a call by opposition leader María Corina Machado; Nicolás Maduro accuses ex-presidential rival Edmundo González Urrutia of planning to "flee to Miami."

VENEZUELA ELECTIONS 2024

Blacklisted and muzzled, Maduro’s top rival can’t be held down

26-07-2024 11:25 María Corina Machado has built a powerful, energised citizen movement in Venezuela. How far it can ultimately go is up to Nicolás Maduro.