"Nicolas Maduro, a former bus driver and union activist, rose from humble origins to rule Venezuela for 13 years and eight months before being unceremoniously ousted on Saturday by US special forces who seized the 63-year-old leader and flew him out of the country. For years Maduro had accused the US government of seeking to undermine the supposed socialist revolution that his late mentor and predecessor, Hugo Chavez, ushered in in 1999."
"Records show he never graduated, but he was remembered as an imposing and conciliatory figure. In 1986 he traveled to Cuba where he received his only formal education after high school. He worked as a bus driver for the Caracas subway system on his return and quickly became a union leader, like his father before him, and an enthusiastic follower of Chavez."
Nicolas Maduro led Venezuela for 13 years and eight months before US special forces captured and removed him. He now faces indictment on US narcotics charges and a potential long prison sentence. Maduro's rule coincided with economic collapse, widespread corruption, repression, and brutality that drove millions of Venezuelans to flee abroad. Born on 23 November 1962, he began in student politics, received formal post-secondary training in Cuba, and worked as a Caracas subway bus driver before becoming a union leader. He rose through Chavez's movement to serve in the National Assembly, as foreign minister, and as vice-president.
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