In a Venezuelan election, running as an incumbent gives you the sort of edge that any unscrupulous and power-hungry leader around the world can only fantasize about.

Following Venezuela's sham legislative elections May 25, which were boycotted by the main opposition coalition and marked by an embarrassingly low voter turnout, dictator Nicolás Maduro is likely done ...

Subsequently, Venezuela’s opposition became deeply divided over whether to participate in the most recent elections. Veteran opposition leader María Corina Machado, who was barred from running ...

Venezuela's government claimed victory by an alliance of parties that supports President Nicolas Maduro in polls boycotted by the opposition leader. Venezuela’s electoral council, stacked with ...

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelans still reeling ... including a prominent opposition leader, and linked them to an alleged plot to hinder the vote. Members of the military throughout the day ...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP ... including a prominent opposition leader, and linked them to an alleged plot to hinder the vote. Members of the military throughout the day outnumbered voters ...

Now, just one, Cojedes, in central Venezuela, will be controlled by a dissenting voice. The voting took place amid a bitter fight among opposition leaders about whether to participate in the vote.

Venezuela's government, which frequently alleges foreign-backed, opposition-led initiatives to topple Maduro, deployed more than 400,000 armed personnel on election day.

Divisions in Venezuela's opposition were laid bare Monday as it counted the cost of a ballot boycott that allowed authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro's party to sweep regional and parliamentary ...