Will Nicolás Maduro be the leader of Venezuela end of 2026? REJECTED

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Side
NO
My estimate
0.05-0.12
Proposed price
16.4%
Market price
83.7%
Date
2026-09-11

Reasoning

REJECTED 0/2. Fusion panel (REJECT conf 8): de jure test - Maduro sworn in 2025-2031, no falta absoluta declared, so encargada designation presupposes rather than vacates his title; panel fair YES ~0.74-0.88 vs market 0.8365 = roughly fair. Anchor REJECT conf 8: evidence establishes detention + acting role but not whom official Venezuelan sources recognize.

Lesson

Verify whether Gaceta Oficial/UN Protocol list still style Maduro as Presidente before any re-proposal. Related: Delcy Rodríguez YES only 0.115.

Evidence sources

FactSource
de jure head-of-state test; exclusion list omits detention; primary source = official info from UN-recognized governmentgamma-api.polymarket.com/markets?condition_ids=0x67f3f8…
US capture and arrest of Maduro Jan 3, 2026www.congress.gov/crs-product/R49186…
TSJ ordered Delcy Rodríguez to assume acting presidency Jan 3-4, 2026www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuelas-supreme-court…
Rodríguez remains acting president after 90-day appointment expiredapnews.com/article/venezuela-maduro-acting-president-de…
Maduro in US custody; immunity hearing Nov 17; trial June 2027www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuelas-maduro-assert…
No new elections calledlatinamericareports.com/delcy-rodriguezs-term-as-acting…

Council verdicts

ModelVerdictConfCostGeneration
openrouter/fusionREJECT conf 8 - market roughly8 gen-1789150592-fbuuq00Mj
openai/gpt-6-astraREJECT8 gen-1789150872-hIdL4gH6B