Monthly Archives: January 2026
Nicolas Maduro: The corrupt bus driver who squeezed the life out of Latin America’s richest nation Venezuelan dictator’s arrest by US special forces ends an unlikely 13-year presidency dressed up in myths and lies
Shortly after the death of Hugo Chávez in 2013, Nicolás Maduro, who succeeded him as president, went on national television to claim that his late political mentor had reappeared to him as a tiny songbird. Apparently speaking in earnest, the Left-wing populist claimed that the chirping bird had circled his head several times as he prayed in a chapel, and that the pair then whistled back and forth to each other in conversation. “I felt his [Chávez’s] spirit,” Mr Maduro told millions of Venezuelans during the live address. “I felt him blessing us and telling…Read more …