Venezuelan Elections Set for July 28 But Many Questions Still Remain

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro addresses the media in Caracas (Credit: Reuters / LEONARDO FERNANDEZ VILORIA)

The National Electoral Council (CNE), Venezuela's electoral authority, announced that the country will hold presidential elections on July 28, the birth date of Hugo Chávez. The announcement was made by Elvis Amoroso, president of the CNE, who added that the body's members had "unanimously" settled on the date.

The full electoral calendar goes as follows: