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Jorge Valencia

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  • caption: Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro looks on during a ceremony at Fort Tiuna military base within the presidential inauguration in Caracas on Jan. 10, 2025.

    The rise and fall of Nicolás Maduro

    The rise of Venezuela's deposed president, Nicolás Maduro, was slow, beginning in youth politics and shaped by the mentorship of Hugo Chávez. Maduro's fall, too, unfolded over years.