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Security & Strategic Review - September 2024

Maduro clings to power in Venezuela

Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro seems to have secured himself a further six years in power following the disputed 28 July presidential election, but he has done so at the expense of all democratic legitimacy. With the authorities refusing to publish the full election results proving Maduro’s claimed victory over opposition candidate Edmundo González, the government has abandoned any pretence at transparency. Presiding over an unprecedented crackdown on dissent, and dismissing damning reports by international electoral observers, the Maduro administration is now viewed even by some former allies as an unashamedly authoritarian regime.

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