Opposition candidate María Corina Machado is disqualified from this process. She would have the first chance to win an election if he had the possibility of registering his candidacy.

But it's not like that. It would not be easy for anyone from the opposition to govern in Venezuela either, writes Beatriz Borges. Venezuela continues to experience a complex humanitarian emergency in an authoritarian context and profound inequality, says Borges, who is also a member of the Ideas for Democracy alliance. For her part, Borges considers that in the authoritarian context of Venezuela, “the definition of a date for the presidential elections reflects the expectations of a government whose main objective is to remain in power”