Venezuela will hold regional and parliamentary elections Sunday amid a deep political and economic crisis. High voter ...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (L), greets supporters with his wife, Congresswoman Cilia Flores, during a campaign closing ceremony in Caracas, Venezuela, on Thursday. Photo by Miguel ...

Polling places in Caracas, the capital, and other cities were sparsely populated but officials claimed turnout was higher ...

Divisions in Venezuela's opposition were laid bare Monday as it counted the cost of a ballot boycott that allowed ...

Boycotting elections often contributes to greater authoritarian control and deepens divisions within the opposition.

Venezuelans head to the polls under a cloud of government repression and opposition discontent, marking the first election ...

Venezuela’s ruling party swept regional and parliamentary elections in a landslide Sunday, tightening President Nicolás ...

Some in the opposition say the only way to protest is to abstain. Others say doing so will let the government “say they won ...

Abstention won, and with it the regime ... potentially depriving Maduro's administration of its last lifeline. Venezuela's elections for the National Assembly and for state governor of Essequibo ...

Abstention won, and with it the regime ... dignity and a future remains intact." The election came as Venezuela's economy -- once the envy of Latin America, now in tatters after years of ...