Before ascending to Venezuela’s presidency in 2013, Nicolás Maduro served as both Foreign Minister and Vice-President under Hugo Chávez, starting his political journey in the early 2000s. By 2014, he was named among the 100 Most Influential People, and his estimated net worth exceeded $2 million. Born into a working-class family in 1962 in Caracas, […]
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