Venezuela: political parties
At a Glance
30-04-2015
The political party system established in Venezuela in 1958 by the Punto Fijo Pact, and dominated by the Democratic Alliance and COPEI parties, collapsed in 1998 with the victory of Hugo Chavez in the presidential elections. Since then, and after the 1999 Constitutional reform, Chavismo has dominated Venezuelan politics, though the opposition parties have united as the MUD coalition.
At a Glance
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- America
- economic geography
- electoral procedure and voting
- electoral system
- EU relations
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- GEOGRAPHY
- parliament
- political framework
- political geography
- political parties
- political party
- political prisoner
- political situation
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- presidential régime
- unicameral system
- Venezuela