Maduro visits Chávez's grave on the day he would have turned 70.

Nicolás Maduro visited the tomb of Hugo Chávez early Sunday morning, exactly on the day the late leader would have turned 70 years old.

Maduro, who after Chávez's death in 2013 took power with the help of the secret services of the Cuban dictatorship, chose this very day to set the elections that could restore freedom to his people.

Hours before going to vote at his polling station, Maduro and National Assembly deputy Cilia Flores went to the so-called Cuartel de la Montaña, the former Military Museum, and laid a floral offering at the grave of the late leader.

The dictator stated that today Venezuelans have their Battle of Carabobo and that they are headed straight for the victory of peace, national independence, tranquility, the right to a future, and a new economy; "the victory of those who love Venezuela."

"In his honor, today we will fight a great battle for peace, life, and the future," he said.

This Sunday at 6:00 am, the 30,026 polling centers opened to welcome the more than 21 million 392 thousand Venezuelans over the age of 18 eligible to exercise their democratic right. Another 69,211 will be able to do so from abroad.

Last March, the Venezuelan government announced the holding of presidential elections, after achieving the disqualification of María Corina Machado, a prominent figure in the opposition politics, who is unable to hold public office for 15 years.

Amid massive interest in the population to participate in the process and great global anticipation, in recent days, reports have emerged of arbitrary arrests of opposition members, leaders, and campaign workers.

This is joined by Maduro's threats, who stated that if he loses there will be "a bloodbath" in his country, a phrase that frightened his friend, the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

The great fear is that the same thing happens as in 2018, when Maduro was re-elected in elections considered fraudulent by the opposition and not recognized by the United States, Canada, the European Union, or the Organization of American States (OAS), which labeled them a "farce."

On Friday, the Chavista regime denied entry to Venezuela to a delegation from the Spanish Popular Party that traveled to Caracas invited by the opposition candidacy of Edmundo González and María Corina Machado.

The Spanish politicians who were part of the center-right party delegation were detained at the Caracas airport and were ordered to return on another flight to Madrid.