Ana Díaz worked at the National Electoral Council of Venezuela, the highest Venezuelan electoral body, for a period of 25 years from 1979 to 2004. In 1989 she started working in Directorate of Political Parties. In 1991 she was appointed the Deputy Director General. Then in 2003 she was appointed the Director General of Political Parties. She was forcibly resigned from the National Electoral Council in 2004 when she published an information about electoral fraud on the Venezuelan recall referendum. After that she emigrated to the United States where lives permanently. Ana Díaz states that fraud, falsifications and law violations are routine of Venezuela election system from 2004 to the present. In October 2017 several Venezuelan advocates and lawyers, among them :es:Blanca Rosa Mármol de León|Blanca Mármol and Ana Díaz, sent an address to the Supreme Tribunal of Justice of Venezuela. They demanded to stop preparations for the upcoming regional elections in the middle of October because of unconstitutional procedure of elections' announcement. Initially regional elections were announced on 10 December 2017. However, during the 5th session of the 2017 Constituent Assembly of Venezuela, it was later suggested to move ahead the elections into October 2017. A month before the elections, 15 October 2017 was selected as the date for regional elections. In recent years Ana Díaz has been giving conferences and forums focused on the areas of democracy and authentic elections in the United States, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Ecuador, Italy, Colombia, Costa Rica and Spain. Ana Díaz was an independent observer on the Ecuadorian general election in February 2017. She said about falsifications and fraud on the elections. Her opinion were criticized by the :es:Consejo Nacional Electoral |National Electoral Council of Ecuador. At the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019 Ana Díaz commented possible fraud on the elections and possible changes in electoral system in Spain.
On 24 June 2018 Ana Díaz was appointed as the Chairman of the Government of Asgardia, a newly created "Space Nation". She directs the "Asgardian executive body", setting the priority areas of the supposed Government and organizing its workflow.
Researches and writings
Ana Díaz devoted herself to the study and analysis of the political phenomenon called "Socialism of the 21st Century." She investigated what happened in the countries where this political modality was developed, how electoral processes were carried out in those nations and what this meant for democracies in America and other latitudes. She has two publications related to personal experiences in the electoral field: Debemos Cobrar and 72 Horas en Ecuador: Un Milagro de Dios.
Personal life
Ana Díaz married in 1984 and divorced in 2006. From this union, she had 1 daughter and 1 son, both Venezuelans, who now live in the United States of America, both American citizens. Ana Díaz has the United States citizenship and lives permanently in Florida.
