Venezuelans call for elections in first national protest in nearly two years
Opposition supporters also pressed for a 2027 vote timetable and the release of more than 320 political prisoners, rights groups said.
- On Thursday, October 22, 2026, the Venezuelan opposition organized nationwide protests demanding a 2027 presidential election, the safe return of opposition leader Corina Machado, and the release of political prisoners.
- Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner, remains outside Venezuela after supporters say she made seven failed attempts to return this year; her party Vente Venezuela announced the mobilization earlier this week.
- The main rally occurs at 4:00 p.m. at Plaza Venezuela in front of Torre Polar. Organizers adopted the slogan, "The election date is the date of liberation."
- Diosdado Cabello, a senior chavista leader, announced a rival march for the same day, raising the risk of clashes between opposition and government supporters in Caracas.
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For the first time since the disempowerment of head of state Maduro, major rallies have taken place in Venezuela. The goal is free elections. But for US President Trump, they would be too early.
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rtl.luVenezuela protests demand return of Nobel winning leader Machado
Around 2,000 protesters gathered peacefully in Plaza Venezuela, a busy area of Caracas, and more demonstrations were held elsewhere in the country. "We are calling for presidential elections and the return of our leader Maria Corina Machado," 43-year-old opposition activist Erika Cedeno told AFP. Protests were also held in the Colombian-border city of Tachira and Bolivar in the northeast, where activists denounced a road closure blocking acces…
Thousands of protesters press for presidential elections and the return of María Corina Machado, while Delcy Rodriguez and the opposition delegation at the negotiating table hold their first meeting in Miraflores
At the end of the demonstration the party of Machado, Vente Venezuela, denounced that seven workers participating in the march were arrested by the Bolivarian National Police. "We do not know the whereabouts of: Rony Suárez, Yanail Castro, Daniel Colmenares, Andruws Pineda, 'Alirito' Ramón Brizuela, Ronaike Suárez. And of a seventh person whose name we are confirming," said the party in its X account. In the afternoon, about 2,000 protesters gat…
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