Venezuela Perfil Gobierno 2019

nombre: Caracas

coordenadas geográficas: 10 29 N, 66 52 W

diferencia de tiempo: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

23 states (estados, singular - estado), 1 capital district* (distrito capital), and 1 federal dependency** (dependencia federal); Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Dependencias Federales (Federal Dependencies)**, Distrito Capital (Capital District)*, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Vargas, Yaracuy, Zulia

5 Julio 1811 (from Spain)

Día de la Independencia, 5 Julio (1811)

history: many previous; latest adoptada 15 Diciembre 1999, efectiva 30 Diciembre 1999

amendments: proposed through agreement by at least 39% of the National Assembly membership, by the president of the republic in session with the cabinet of ministers, or by petition of at least 15% of registered voters; passage requires simple majority vote by the Assembly and simple majority approval in a referendum; modificada 2009; note - in 2016, President MADURO issued a decree to hold an election to form a constituent assembly to change the constitution; the election in Julio 2017 approved the formation of a 545-member constituent assembly and elected its delegates, empowering them to change the constitution and dismiss government institutions and officials (2019)

18 años de edad; universal

jefe de estado: Notification Statement: the United States recognizes Juan GUAIDO as the Interim Presidente of Venezuela

Presidente Nicolas MADURO Moros (desde 19 April 2013); Executive Vice Presidente Delcy RODRIGUEZ Gomez (desde 14 June 2018); note - the president is both jefe de estado and jefe de gobierno

jefe de gobierno: Presidente Nicolas MADURO Moros (desde 19 April 2013); Executive Vice Presidente Delcy RODRIGUEZ Gomez (desde 14 June 2018)

cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president

elections/appointments: president directly elected by simple majority popular vote for a 6-year term (no term limits); election last held on 20 May 2018 (next election scheduled for 2024)

election results: Nicolas MADURO Moros reelected president; percent of vote - Nicolas MADURO Moros (PSUV) 68%, Henri FALCON (AP) 21%, Javier BERTUCCI 11%; note - the election was marked by serious shortcomings and electoral fraud; voter turnout was approximately 46% due largely to an opposition boycott of the election