Venezuelan political parties

This, however, did not dissuade a colourful and multifaceted Venezuelan delegation from attending the parallel summit. Representatives from Venezuela's leftist political parties, indigenous peoples, campesinos, community groups, feminist organisations, youth groups, among others, joined the grassroots ...

Other parties that took part include the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, Movement to Socialism, Authentic Renewal Organization, Communist Party of Venezuela, and Venezuela's Ecological Movement. The Venezuelan elections have moved forward despite attempts by an important sector of the ...

In a statement, the EU's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said the bloc called on Nicolas Maduro's government to "ensure free, transparent and credible elections that allow the participation of all political parties under equal conditions." The Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD), Venezuela's main opposition alliance, ...

(RTTNews) - European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini criticized the way the elections were convened in Venezuela for May 20, without the participation of all ... "We also regret the existence of political prisoners and the hurdles to limit the participation of political parties and candidates.

For months, surveys have shown that Venezuelan's opposition voters are so despondent and have so little faith in the political system that they'll skip the .... Hemisphere said they wouldn't recognize the election results unless Maduro freed political prisoners and allowed all political parties to participate.

Venezuela's opposition says President Nicolas Maduro has prepared a rigged snap election to deliver him a new mandate and tighten his hold over his economically devastated ... Pence in Lima said as he met several Venezuelan opposition figures on Friday that more sanctions could be forthcoming.

LIMA, Peru (AP) — The Latest on the Summit of the Americas meeting in Peru (all times local):. 4:10 p.m.. Vice President Mike Pence has joined heads of state from 15 hemispheric nations in calling on Venezuela to hold free and transparent presidential elections in which all political parties are allowed to ...

CARACAS – Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday that the European Union had an anti-Venezuelan bias and accused the EU High Representative ... “Such elections should ensure the participation of all political parties, without obstacles, under equal conditions and in conformity with the Venezuelan ...

On Friday, Sessions told the Dallas Morning News in an interview he met with both Maduro and members of opposing political parties to promote “dialogue between parties that are trying to make progress.” “Many times it has been attempted publicly and openly, and that has not worked toward resolution,” ...

“A free and fair election should include the full participation of all political parties and political leaders, the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners, proper electoral calendar, credible international observation, and an independent electoral authority,” spokeswoman Heather Nauert said ...

The “banning” of political parties probably refers to the Capriles' extreme right wing party First Justice, who despite trying their hardest were unable to collect enough signatures to renew their status as a political party in Venezuela. Or maybe he refers to Leopoldo Lopez's Popular Will party, which didn't ...

The son of one of Venezuela's oldest oligarchic families, Mendoza has long been accused by popular movements of taking millions in state dollars purportedly for raw material imports while deliberately suppressing production of corn flour, a staple of the Venezuelan diet. Most recently, MRT's political party, ...

While these events were designed to look “very neutral in the eyes of the government,” as one USAID contractor described them to me, with no affiliation with a political party and hosted by “people from the neighborhood,” they were funded by the U.S. government with logistical assistance from opposition political parties.

We, citizens from distinct countries, social movements and organisations, political parties, women, youths, workers, creators and intellectuals, peasants, and religious leaders, gathered here in Caracas on the 5, 6 and 7th March 2018, reaffirm our solidarity and militant support of the Venezuelan people, the ...

They are right in denouncing the abuses of the government: Mr. Maduro has persecuted opposition leaders, banned political parties, filled electoral ... And if the government decides to steal this election, it can count on finding me in the streets, by the sides of the brave Venezuelan people, fighting for our ...

The original date had been critiqued for its alarmingly short 90-day window for participating political parties to prepare, which bore the hallmarks of an ... The decision to delay the elections was due to an agreement, between the Venezuelan government and a number of opposition parties, but not the main ...

Venezuela's presidential candidates have agreed to delay the slated April 22 elections until May 20, it has been announced, a move welcomed by ... the parties "celebrate the signing of an electoral guarantee agreement with the participation of the political parties, who commit themselves before the country ...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro thanked members of 10 political parties for the support given to his nomination for the presidential elections on ... drawing broad condemnation from the United States and several of Venezuela's Latin American neighbours who said the conditions for a fair election are ...

“We're not participating because there are no open elections, because they are not respecting the right to vote, the right to choose or the will of every Venezuelan,” said Juan Pablo Guanipa, a top politician in the Primero Justicia party, whose most popular leader, Henrique Capriles, has been barred from ...

The overall coalition is demanding more extensive changes, including delaying the vote and lifting bans on major political parties. It also wants guarantees that Venezuelans living abroad can vote. Mr Falcon once served as a top aide to the late president Hugo Chavez, but he later broke with the socialist ...

20, 2018 file photo, Henri Falcon, a former governor and former aide to the late President Hugo Chavez, speaks to the press in Caracas, Venezuela. ... The overall coalition is demanding more extensive changes, including delaying the vote and lifting bans on the most popular political parties and ...

... Venezuela to reconsider the convening of the presidential elections and to present a new electoral calendar that enables the carrying out of elections with all necessary guarantees of a free, fair, transparent, legitimate and credible process, including the participation of all Venezuelan political parties and ...

Venezuela's opposition says it wouldn't square off against leader Nicolas Maduro in upcoming presidential election unless the government meets its ... Maduro has a low approval rating, but he's managed to secure his likely re-election by driving the most popular politicians and political parties abroad or ...

(McAllen, TX) — A fugitive from Venezuelan justice is waiting for a federal grand jury hearing in McAllen. Homeland Security investigators arrested Tirso ... for organized criminal activity. Melean's defense team says he is a political refugee who is falsely accused by the ruling political party in Venezuela.

Colombia's election authority said abstention was a bit more than 51%. The Venezuelan president went on to ridicule the scarcity of ballots for inter-party leadership voting. “Venezuela is in the 21st century of electoral systems and guarantees, and Colombia is in the 14th century, during the Middle Ages, ...