Recent History
At the 2000 elections for the new National Assembly of Venezuela, the party won 29 out of 165 seats; four additional seats were won by an AD-Copei alliance. At the 2005 legislative elections Democratic Action staged an electoral boycott and consequently did not win any seats. Currently the party is deeply fragmented but is trying to regain the trust of society and fight the government of Hugo Chávez Frías.
The trade union confederation CTV is closely linked to AD.
Acción Democrática's current Secretary General is Henry Ramos.
AD is a member of Socialist International, and a member of COPPPAL.
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