Tag: Venezuela's National Electoral Council

• Wednesday, February 20th 2019 - 16:15 UTC

  Maduro challenges Guaido to call elections

  

  The head of Venezuela's ruling regime, Nicolás Maduro, asked the head of the National Assembly (AN), Juan Guaidó, recognized as interim president of the same nation by some 50 countries, to call presidential elections on Tuesday. Maduro's challenge is given because he believes he would defeat him and this would put an end to the dispute over the executive power that has marked an institutional crisis unprecedented in the Caribbean country.

• Sunday, May 20th 2018 - 13:15 UTC

  Venezuela: Proselytism, pro-government advantage and hunger on the eve of the presidential election; the crisis gets worse

  

  A few hours before the presidential election of May 20 in Venezuela, which is not recognized by dozens of countries in the region and is classified as “fraud” by the opposition of that country, official statements and messages favorable to the candidate and current president , Nicolás Maduro, have flooded the programs of the open media in Venezuela, according to a report by the Press Institute and Venezuela Society (IPYS).

• Thursday, March 8th 2018 - 18:51 UTC

  Venezuela: close to fraudulent elections

  

  Venezuela's National Assembly, with opposition majority, denounced on Wednesday the “undue” use of electoral material, noting that official papers that belongs to the National Electoral Council (CNE) was found in gambling centers to print bet vouchers and presented its final report about the investigation into the case of the ex-rebel agent, Oscar Pérez.

• Saturday, March 3rd 2018 - 10:35 UTC

  Venezuela postpones presidential election a month; ex Chavista challenges Maduro

  

  Venezuela's national election board announced the vote slated for April 22 had been pushed back to the second half of May, with a final date to be specified later, after a pact between Maduro’s government and some opposition parties.

• Tuesday, February 27th 2018 - 09:30 UTC

  Venezuela Electoral Court admits it's not prepared to organize presidential and legislative on the same date

  

  The president of Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE), Tibisay Lucena, dismissed the idea of holding legislative elections on the same day as the presidential election scheduled for April 22, as the ruling party has proposed.

• Thursday, February 8th 2018 - 11:24 UTC

  Venezuelan presidential elections for April 22

  

  Venezuela's questioned electoral council has set April 22 as the date for a controversial presidential election, which was supposed to occur late 2018. The opposition accuses President Nicolas Maduro of using to plan a second term for himself.

• Monday, December 7th 2015 - 07:43 UTC

  In peaceful voting Venezuelan opposition wins by a landslide; Maduro admits defeat

  

  Venezuela's opposition won control of the National Assembly by a landslide, delivering a major setback to the ruling party and altering the balance of power after almost 17 years of populist rule.

• Tuesday, August 4th 2015 - 05:59 UTC

  Venezuelan government bans opposition leader from running in congressional election

  

  Venezuelan election officials rejected a high-profile opposition leader's attempt to register as a candidate Monday for upcoming congressional elections. Former congresswoman Maria Corina Machado announced that the National Elections Council had rejected her attempt to register to run in the Dec. 6 elections and called it a grotesque violation of her rights.

• Tuesday, June 23rd 2015 - 05:44 UTC

  Venezuela's legislative election announced for 6 December, a Chavista remembrance date

  

  Venezuela's parliamentary election will be held on December 6, authorities announced on Monday, ending lengthy speculation over the date for a vote that surveys showed was likely to punish the ruling socialists.

• Monday, May 11th 2015 - 09:05 UTC

  Under pressure from Brazil, Venezuela announces legislative elections for end of the year

  

  Venezuela will hold parliamentary elections in the last quarter of this year and the exact date will be announced soon, the head of the National Electoral Council (CNE) said on Sunday. The elected lawmakers will be inaugurated for five years on 2016.