The party held its 3rd Congress in 2014, which elected Nicolás Maduro as the 2nd party president and honored Hugo Chávez posthumously as the party's eternal president and founder, and party policies were updated.

Jan 19, 2025 · A zealous proponent of chavismo (the political system and ideology established by Chávez), Maduro was the successful candidate of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela; PSUV) in the special election to replace Chávez, and he was reelected in 2018.

A special presidential election was held in 2013, where Maduro was declared the winner with 50.62% of the vote as the United Socialist Party of Venezuela candidate. He has ruled Venezuela by decree since 2015 through powers granted to him by the ruling party legislature.

Jun 10, 2024 · CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — With its decades-long grip on power under threat, Venezuela’s ruling party on Sunday tested a voter organizing campaign aimed at shoring up President Nicolás Maduro’s bid for a third term. The assessment followed weeks of efforts by local organizers of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela to increase support for Maduro.

Jan 10, 2025 · Global condemnation over the lack of transparency prompted Maduro to ask the country’s high court — also filled with allies of his United Socialist Party of Venezuela — to audit the...

Jan 25, 2019 · Venezuela, long one of the most prosperous countries in South America with the world’s largest oil reserves, has experienced an unprecedented political, economic, and humanitarian crisis under the authoritarian rule of Nicolás Maduro of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV).

Mar 12, 2024 · Venezuela’s ruling party has selected President Nicolas Maduro to run as its candidate in the country’s upcoming elections.

Mar 16, 2024 · Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro will run for a second re-election to secure another six-year term in voting planned for July 28, the ruling Socialist party said on Saturday.

Mar 17, 2024 · Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said Saturday, March 16, he will seek a third term in July 28 elections, from which the state apparatus has excluded his main rival – the favorite in...

Jan 10, 2025 · President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, shown during a swearing-in ceremony for militia members this week, has spent the last six months detaining foreigners, who experts say he plans to use as ...