Elections in Venezuela. The fraud controversy and the continuity of the political crisis.

Abstract

The 2024 Venezuelan presidential elections, which meant the re-election of Nicolas Maduro and the extending of the Bolivarian Revolution, were marked by an intensification of the conflict between internal political forces, strong criticism of its democratic conditions and a negative international reaction to the results issued by Venezuelan institutions. Contradictions between Bolivarian government and Venezuelan opposition around terms of negotiation increased, which generated a bigger disruption in the national political context. Besides, there have been complaints from sectors of public opinion about alleged deficiencies in compliance with democratic guarantees of the elections. These matters, in addition to the disapproval of the voting results from a majority group of Western governments, have supposed an important challenge for the Bolivarian presidency in the political and diplomatic field.