A senior State Department official told reporters on Monday that the U.S. government expects the two sides negotiating the reconstruction of the government of Venezuela to have established a new, legitimate Supreme Court before the end of 2026 and a new National Electoral Council (CNE) by early 2027, paving the way for elections.
\n\nThe official was speaking in the context of global demands from Venezuelans for an end to the 27-year-old chavista socialist dictatorship, currently in power as an “interim” authority after the arrest of longtime dictator Nicolás Maduro in January. Under “interim president” Delcy Rodríguez — once one of Maduro’s most enthusiastic henchwomen — the chavistas remain in control of government institutions but have allowed for the safe expression of political opposition in the streets of the nation’s greatest cities.
\n\nA major protest demanding a date for presidential elections, and complaining that the establishment of an election protocol was taking too long, took place on Friday with no major incidents of violence — a stark contrast to the Maduro years, when Venezuelan socialist authorities would wantonly kill protesters in the streets.
\n\nThe momentum of the anti-socialist movement accelerated on Sunday, when the country’s most beloved opposition leader, former lawmaker…
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