Aristóbulo Istúriz Almeida was a Venezuelan politician and academic. He was vice president of the Constituent Assembly of Venezuela as well as vice president of Venezuela.

The United Socialist Party of Venezuela is a left-wing to far-left socialist political party which has been the ruling party of Venezuela since 2007. It was formed from a merger of some of the political and social forces that support the Bolivarian Revolution led by President Hugo Chávez.