Thousands of people took to the streets in Caracas and other major cities across the country to demand free elections and political change in Venezuela. After former President Nicolás Maduro was arrested in a U.S. military operation, the socialist party (PSUV) remains in power under interim President Delcy Rodríguez, but no date for new elections has yet been announced.
The political party of Nobel Peace Prize-winning opposition leader María Corina Machado, ‘Vente Venezuela’, organized the protests. Machado has demanded that new elections be held by July 2027. Although talks continue between the interim government and the opposition on reforming the electoral system with the support of the Trump administration, the absence of a specific electoral roadmap has led to public dissatisfaction. During the protests, the presence of security forces was limited, and no major untoward incidents were reported.
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