**Venezuela has not set a presidential election date nine months after Nicolás Maduro’s January 2026 removal by U.S. forces, leaving interim President Delcy Rodríguez’s government in place amid ongoing transition talks.** Opposition leader María Corina Machado has pressed for a vote by July 2027—ideally on July 24, Simón Bolívar’s birthday—citing sufficient time for preparations and calling for oil-revenue transparency under U.S. oversight. Required steps include Supreme Court and National Electoral Council reforms, voter-roll updates for millions abroad, and international observation guarantees. U.S. priorities center on economic stability and oil deals rather than rapid polling, with analysts pointing to late 2027 or later as the likely window. Negotiations continue in Caracas, and any concrete CNE announcement would directly shape market resolution.