Skip to main content
NEU Senior Regional Support Officer
Electoral theatre of Venezuela's opposition
TeleSUR journalist BRIAN MIER chronicles an intriguing voting day in one of downtown Caracas' largest polling centres
Andres Bello polling station in the posh part of downtown Caracas [Brian Mier]

I COVERED Venezuela’s three-week presidential electoral campaign, the elections, and their fallout for the Latin American terrestrial and satellite news TV network TeleSur (English) — the multilateral public TV news network funded by the governments of Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.

I am an experienced analyst of Brazilian politics, but I do not claim to be a specialist in Venezuela. The following is not an analysis but a description of events I witnessed on election night.

I invite readers to use it to help with their own assessments of the political situation.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
Demonstrators protest outside of the White House in Washington, November 15, 2025
Latin America / 18 November 2025
18 November 2025

The global left must be unwavering in it is support for Venezuela as Washington increases its aggression, and clear-eyed about the West’s cynical motives for targeting it, says CLAUDIA WEBBE

BY POPULAR ACCLAIM: Venezuelan President
Nicolas Maduro arri
Features / 23 January 2025
23 January 2025
FIONA SIM sees the Venezuelan anti-fascist and anti-imperialist initiatives as offering hope to the rest of the world
EN MASSE: Venezuelans turned out in force for the inaugurati
Features / 14 January 2025
14 January 2025
FIONA SIM of the Black Liberation Alliance reports on a whirlwind week in Caracas, including President Maduro’s inauguration