Venezuela elections 2024, live: day of reflection news from Maduro and Edmundo González

Venezuela prepares for most important elections of the past decade

Venezuela is preparing to celebrate on Sunday the most important elections in the country in the last decade, the 2024 presidential elections, in which they will compete Ten candidates, among those who A government of either continuity or reversal would be elected for the 25 years of Chavismo in power.

Hours before the opening of the 15,767 polling stations scheduled for 6:00 pm (10:00 GMT), expectations are growing for an election that will see Majority opposition participates -with Edmundo González Urrutia as Standard Bearer, For the first time since the 2015 parliamentary elections, when he won.

In addition to the candidate of the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) – the main anti-Chavista coalition -, the current head of state is competing, Nicolás MaduroWho Seeks a third consecutive six-year term in power.

Over 21 million registered voters will also be able to choose one Evangelical pastor Javier Bertucci, He Comedian Benjamin RousseauThe Former Mayors Daniel Ceballos and Claudio FerminHe Former Councillor Antonio AcquariThe Deputies Luis Eduardo Martínez and José Brito And this Former Elections Director Enrique MárquezClosest to the majority opposition.

69,211 Venezuelans abroad will be able to participate, According to data from the UN Interagency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants, a small fraction of the approximately four million of voting age and conditions have been drawn from the more than seven million people who have migrated, a figure that the government lowers to around two million, reports EFE.