Venezuelan voters go to the polls to elect a president

On July 28, Venezuelan voters went to the polls to elect a president for the 2025-2031 term. There were a total of 10 candidates in this Venezuelan presidential election.

However, according to assessments, this will only be a confrontation between current President Nicolas Maduro, representing the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), and diplomat Edmundo González Urrutia representing the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) - an alliance that brings together liberals, Christian socialists, socialists and conservatives.

Venezuela holds presidential elections in the context of economic sanctions imposed by the United States that continue to cause serious and far-reaching consequences for the lives of its people, such as shortages of medicine and food, declining quality of life and waves of migration.

In recent days, Mr. Maduro has traveled across Venezuela, inaugurating hospital wards and highways and visiting remote rural areas. President Maduro’s speeches have focused on economic security, punctuated by stories of entrepreneurship, mentioning a stable exchange rate and lower inflation.

Venezuela’s economy has begun to pick up after the Covid-19 pandemic, forecast by the International Monetary Fund to grow 4% in 2024 – one of the fastest in Latin America – after shrinking 71% between 2012 and 2020. Mr. Maduro promised a government that would create enough jobs to lure Venezuelans living abroad back home.

The latest poll by the Venezuelan Center for Measurement and Statistical Data shows that 56.8% of respondents said they would vote for Nicolás Maduro; meanwhile, 76% of respondents believe that Maduro will be re-elected president, and 13% believe that the opposition will win.

If re-elected, Mr. Maduro will serve as president of Venezuela for a third consecutive term, bringing his total number of years in power to 18.

HUY QUOC

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/cu-tri-venezuela-di-bau-tong-thong-post751457.html