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Who is Nicolás Maduro? Venezuelan president captured by US forces

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Nicolás Maduro’s rise from unionized bus driver to the president who oversaw Venezuela’s economic collapse began 40 years ago.

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  1. Fox5 Atlanta

    Who is Nicolás Maduro? Venezuelan president captured by US forces (opens Fox5 Atlanta)

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    Nicolás Maduro’s rise from unionized bus driver to the president who oversaw Venezuela’s economic collapse began 40 years ago.

  2. Fortune

    Nicolas Maduro rose from bus driver to president before presiding over Venezuela's economic collapse (opens Fortune)

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    In 1986, Maduro traveled to Cuba for a year of ideological instruction, his only formal education after high school. He quickly became a union leader.

  3. WHEC Rochester

    From bus driver to president: Venezuela's Maduro never escaped his predecessor's shadow (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    Nicolás Maduro's fall at the hands of the United States follows months of pressure from the Trump administration. The onetime bus driver for the Caracas subway had risen to become president over a long political career.

  4. The Boston Globe

    Venezuela’s Maduro rose from bus driver to country’s president (opens The Boston Globe)

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    Nicolás Maduro was a protege of the former Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez and came to power as his country's leader in 2013 after he barely won the election.

  5. Fox News

    From bus driver to dictator: Nicolás Maduro’s rise and fall in Venezuela (opens Fox News)

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    Nicolás Maduro, who was captured by the Trump administration on Saturday, used to be a bus driver before his ascent through the country's political system.

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