Instead its “governor” was chosen by a few voters in Venezuela’s Bolívar state, across the border. When the new legislative ...

The State Department says elections called by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to elect a governor and legislators for the ...

Venezuelans on Sunday for the first time elected a governor and other lawmakers for Essequibo, an oil-rich region that ...

Venezuela’s ruling coalition secures a big win in parliamentary and regional elections boycotted by the opposition.

Venezuela's ruling party is celebrating what it has described as "an overwhelming victory" in regional and parliamentary ...

In Sunday’s election, President Nicolás Maduro has called to elect a governor of Essequibo — a region that actually belongs ...

Boycotting elections often contributes to greater authoritarian control and deepens divisions within the opposition.

Polling places in Caracas, the capital, and other cities were sparsely populated but officials claimed turnout was higher ...

The party of President Nicolas Maduro has won 40 out of 50 seats, though the divided opposition has denounced irregularities ...

The United Socialist Party of Venezuela won 23 out of 24 state governor positions and scored 82.68% of the votes cast for ...

Some in the opposition say the only way to protest is to abstain. Others say doing so will let the government “say they won ...

The election is the latest provocation in a long-running territory dispute between Venezuela and Guyana. It comes more than a year after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ordered the creation ...