委内瑞拉在2018年举行总统选举，马杜罗再次当选总统。但是，这场选举受到广泛质疑，国内政治冲突呈现进一步加剧之势。委内瑞拉经济在2018年连续第5年处于负增长状态，通胀压力进一步加剧。原油生产状况持续恶化，原油出口收入不足以改变整体经济状况。随着社会形势的恶化，大量委内瑞拉人移民国外。在对外关系领域，委内瑞拉在拉美地区变得愈加孤立，正在承受来自美国的沉重制裁压力。
President Nicolas Maduro won another term in the presidential election held in 2018. But most opposition parties denied the legitimacy of the result. In his new presidential term 2019-2025，President Maduro would continue to face pressures from prolonged domestic conflicts. Venezuela saw its GDP shrink for the fifth consecutive year in 2018 and the inflation skyrocketed remarkably due to expansionary monetary policies. Although there was a sizeable increase of oil prices，crude oil outputs in the country continued to slump，causing a shrinking oil export income. The Venezuelan economy is expected to continue to be contracted in 2019. As a result of worsening social conditions，there was a rising outflow of Venezuelans in recent years. Diplomatically the Maduro government was under heavy pressure from regional countries.
