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Venezuela's last tracked vote was the Venezuela 2024 Presidential Election in 2024.
National executive shares authority with regional governments
Multiple levels of elected representation
Constitutionally divided between national and regional levels
Derived from system type and role classification
Venezuela is organized as a federal system, dividing political authority between a national government and constituent regions. This structure allows significant regional autonomy while maintaining unified national policy on defense, trade, and foreign affairs.
Venezuela — federal republic, located in South America, with approximately 31.3 million people — is a sovereign state governed from Caracas.
As a federal republic, Venezuela divides power between the centre and its states or regions. That matters politically because national decisions are often negotiated again at the regional level rather than simply imposed from the capital.
Venezuela's political landscape includes 1 election, 61 political parties, and 1 office.
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Verdict: Venezuela is classified as an authoritarian state. President Nicolás Maduro has concentrated power through control of state institutions, suppression of the opposition, and disputed elections.
Venezuela is a federal presidential republic under the 1999 Bolivarian constitution, but in practice it operates as an authoritarian state under Nicolás Maduro. The July 2024 presidential election was widely disputed: opposition candidate Edmundo González received more votes by independent counts, but the government-controlled electoral authority declared Maduro the winner. Most Western democracies refused to recognise the result. Venezuela has experienced severe economic collapse, hyperinflation, and an emigration crisis of over 7 million people.
This page covers Venezuela's political system, the Maduro government's consolidation of power, the 2024 election dispute, the role of the opposition, and Venezuela's economic crisis.
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