Caracas — A little more than 60,000 Venezuelans have updated their data in the registry provided by the country’s National Primary Commission for the elections to select an opposition candidate for the presidential elections in 2024, with the registration deadline on July 7.
In a list of 30 countries, Chile has the largest number of Venezuelans registered as of last week, according to spokespersons of the Plataforma Unitaria, a coalition of Venezuelan opposition parties abroad.
Colombia has up to two million Venezuelan immigrants out of the more than seven million people who have left the country in recent years, according to figures from the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), and which is where 12% of the updates in the registration for the primaries have been made.
Meanwhile, Israel has emerged as one of the places with the fewest registrants, followed by Norway, Curaçao, Aruba, Australia and Switzerland.
In the case of the United States, where up to 15 cities have been established that will have the possibility of activating voting centers, the number of people does not exceed 7,000.
July 7 is the closing date for the data update, which can be done through the web portal of the primaries.
Some Venezuelans have commented on failures of the system or their distrust of the process, which requires the scanning of their identification card or passport.
Only Venezuelans registered in the Venezuelan Permanent Electoral Register (REP) will be able to opt for the update of new residency details, from the country where they are located.
It is estimated around three million Venezuelans will participate.
The primary elections will be held on October 22, and for which 14 candidates have registered, among them opposition leader María Corina Machado, two-time presidential candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski and the former candidate for the governorship of Barinas, Freddy Superlano.
The process will not have the technical assistance of the National Electoral Council (CNE), which is undergoing a reorganization process and new appointments.