The heir-designate of President Hugo Chavez is a former bus driver and trade unionist with the Caracas public transport. Nicolás Maduro, 50, has been foreign minister since 2006 and also was named vice president in October. As foreign minister Maduro has been a faithful ambassador of Chávez’ views, including often radical critiques of global affairs from a hard left-wing stance. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesbut is he any good,
Dec 09th, 2012 - 08:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0bad or worse that hugo the bear.
January 10 is a long way off, perhaps there will be another election.
Dec 09th, 2012 - 08:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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