After the Venezuelan opposition has celebrated its primary elections in search of a unitary leader who will confront Chavismo in the next elections, it is time to ask when will that moment be. The last presidential elections took place on May 20, 2018, elections that Nicolás Maduro won again, although with a very high abstention rate: only 8.6 of the more than 20 million voters participated. From that process came the president who would lead the country during the 2019-2025 legislature, giving that the Venezuela’s Constitution provides that the presidential term in the country lasts six yearstwo more than it lasts in Spain.

Thus, the next presidential elections will be held to elect the president who will govern in the next legislature, which runs from 2025 to 2031. Now, Do you already know when the elections in Venezuela are going to be held? The short answer is no. The elections still do not have a date, although last March, Maduro assured that there would be elections in 2024. “In 2024 the presidential elections will comethe people will vote, elect and, on January 10, 2025, the elected president will be sworn in and will continue the course of our country, in peace, in democracy, with popular leadership,” the president emphasized during a special interview broadcast on the channel Venezuelan Television Television (VTV).

Looking ahead to these elections, the opposition chose to choose a unitary candidate in a primary election which took place on October 22 and from which the chosen name came out: Maria Corina Machado. Although politics is currently disqualified for a period of 15 years, a week before the Venezuelan primaries the Maduro Government signed a series of agreements with the opposition in order to guarantee the holding of presidential elections in 2024in which, apparently, the Chavismo candidate will once again be Maduro himself.

What agreement is there for the 2024 elections?

The agreements, sealed on the island of Barbados a week before the opposition primaries, establish political rights and electoral guarantees, as well as the lifting of sanctions and respect for the sovereignty of Venezuela. Maduro made the joint agreement public, pointing out how the “strengthening of an inclusive democracy and political coexistence that will defend the human rights” set forth in the Venezuelan Constitution had been ratified.

It is also in this agreement where the pact is reached to hold the presidential electoral process “in the second half of 2024, taking into account the constitutional schedule“. It is also agreed that access will be allowed for international observation missions, including the European one, months after Maduro himself refused to allow European observers to pass when the elections were held.