Venezuela's Ruling Party Wins by Landslide in Elections Boycotted by Opposition

Ballots and Bias: How the Press Framed Venezuela’s Regional and Legislative Elections

The pro-government alliance achieved a sweeping victory in Venezuela’s May 25 elections, while a fractured opposition suffered losses. Western media distorted the results – spinning low turnout claims, ignoring the role of illegal US sanctions, and offering selective sympathy to elite opposition figures. Opposition fractures, pro-government consolidates At stake for the 54 contesting Venezuelan political parties were seats for 285 National Assem…

I am currently in Venezuela, for the fifth time in less than a year, to monitor the developments of the situation and meet with numerous militants and popular leaders from all over the world, whose presence consecrates Caracas as the world capital of anti-fascism, at a time of which there is more than ever need of anti-fascism, a little everywhere but especially from us in Italy. This visit was characterized by the elections that took place last…

These are the two political trends that emerged from the last elections in Venezuela, and it is no longer a surprise to anyone.

The official victory allows the government to maintain control over almost all of the country's governorates, as it has for more than two decades.

The announcement was made this Wednesday by the National Electoral Council (NEC), allied to the regime of Nicolas Maduro.

"Venezuela charted the course of a new democracy, popular self-government," Nicolas Maduro shot to "celebrate" the electoral victory that really doesn't...