Determining the date of presidential elections in Venezuela

, the head of the National Electoral Council of Venezuela, announced the holding of presidential elections in this country on July 28 (August 7, 1403).

The announcement of the date of the election in Venezuela is still unknown as to the candidate and possible opponent of the current president of the country, Nicolás Maduro. But Maduro plans to participate in this election again.

According to this report, Maria Corina Machado The former member of the Venezuelan parliament won the primary elections of the opponents of the country’s government in October 2023 to participate in the presidential elections of Venezuela. But A court in this country ruled that he is not allowed to run for government positions due to his support for the sanctions imposed against the government of Nicolás Maduro. “color:#333333″>. He announced at that time He will not withdraw from his position despite the ban and the elections will not be held without him.

After that, the Supreme Court of Venezuela confirmed the decision of the first court in January and voted to ban him from holding government positions.

Meanwhile Machado, 56, has ruled out the possibility of an alternative candidate, saying his ban from the Maduro government is a sham. The ban was approved at a time when Maduro’s popularity among the traditional base of the Socialist Party has plummeted. The deadline for the registration of election candidates has been set, but Machado’s campaign has not said anything about it.

Maduro’s re-election to the presidency in 2018 was criticized by many opponents of this country, America and other countries for a period of 6 years.

According to this report, July 28 It was the birthday of Hugo Chávez, the country’s former president and Maduro’s predecessor, who died in 2013. He is known as the leader of the Bolivarian Left Party and the Bolivarian Revolution, and because of his social democratic policies. , its opposition to globalization and foreign policy of the United States and support for Iran’s positions and Palestine was famous.

while the Biden administration is likely to impose new sanctions against Venezuela’s oil will impose and the reason for that is the ban on the candidacy of the opposition candidate in this year’s Venezuelan elections .

The six-month suspension of Venezuela’s oil sanctions expires in April, and the Biden administration is likely to reinstate all sanctions at that time due to Venezuela’s failure to meet the conditions for their removal.

The contract of the Biden government with Venezuela to cancel the 6-month oil sanctions of this country was closed with the condition of holding fair and free elections in 2024. But Venezuela has now violated this agreement and on the other hand hopes to increase its oil production from 786 thousand barrels per day to 1 million barrels per day after the lifting of sanctions. .

The Biden administration appears to be planning to renew sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry after the waivers expire on April 18.

Removal of sanctions allowed to increase production, sales and Venezuela exported oil and gas. In addition, Venezuela was allowed to attract new investments in the oil and gas sector. Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world.

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