Venezuela election could see seismic shift or give Nicolas Maduro six more years

An opinion poll in April said about a quarter of Venezuelans were thinking of joining the 7.7 million who have already gone abroad if Mr Maduro wins.

The people of Venezuela are voting in a presidential election the outcome of which will either lead to a seismic shift in politics or extend by another six years the policies that caused the world’s worst peacetime economic collapse.