Nicolás Maduro, a former bus driver and union activist, rose from humble origins to rule Venezuela for 13 years and eight months earlier than being unceremoniously ousted on Saturday by US particular forces who seized the 63-year-old chief and flew him overseas.
For years Maduro had accused the US authorities of searching for to undermine the supposed socialist revolution that his late mentor and predecessor, Hugo Chávez, ushered in in 1999. Now within the custody of US authorities, he’ll face indictment on narcotics fees and a doubtlessly lengthy jail sentence.
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