President Nicolas Maduro is running for a third term

The announcement was expected. Nicolas Maduro will seek a third term at the head of Venezuela during the presidential election on July 28, his party having decided on Monday March 11 of his inauguration for this election whose legitimacy is already called into question. On the social networka Venezuelan Socialist Party official said that “4,240,032 people” had participated in the consultation.

The formalization of the candidacy of the outgoing president has been awaited since the Venezuelan electoral authority announced last week the organization of the presidential election on July 28, the date of the birth of Hugo Chavez, of whom Nicolas Maduro claims to be the heir. Candidatures can be officially submitted from March 21 to 25 and the electoral campaign is scheduled for July 4 to 25.

Elected for the first time in 2013 after the death of Hugo Chavez, Nicolas Maduro was re-elected in 2018 in a contested election boycotted by the opposition and including more than 60 countries, including the United States and the European Union. , did not recognize the legitimacy. Since then, Venezuela has faced numerous international sanctions, but Nicolas Maduro, 61, has managed to maintain his position despite the serious economic crisis the country is going through.