Nicolás Maduro will be the candidate for president of Chavismo. He was proposed by the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) He should face María Corina Machado, but the opposition leader was disqualified by the regime.

The head of state predicted this week that the people "will win a great victory" in the upcoming elections.. The opposition, meanwhile, must define a candidate in the face of the political disqualification of María. CorinaMachado, who swept the primaries of the main Unitary Platform coalition.