What type of government does Venezuela have?
Venezuela is formally structured as a federal presidential republic with an elected legislature, though outside political science assessments frequently classify its actual practice as authoritarian given widely documented constraints on electoral competition in recent years.
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Sources
- 1.Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook: Venezuela.
- 2.Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, 1999.
- 3.Encyclopaedia Britannica. Venezuela Government and Society.