A desire for change is the message of the primary election in Venezuela

Originally published by Latinoamérica 21

In November 2022, the National Primary Commission (CNP) was established in Venezuela with the mission of organizing a nationwide consultation to choose the unitary candidate intending to represent the opposition sectors in the Presidential Election of 2024. In the CNP president’s words, Jesús María Casal, the mission of this body was to rescue the value of the vote, offering an opportunity to coincide in a “common basic project of democratization”. These were the premises of a collective organizational effort that summoned partisan and civil society sectors to a task of complex dimensions and under constant threat from the pro-government sector.

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Venezuelan Primary Election, Orlando, FL October 22nd, 2023