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Venezuela's Maduro, the bus driver clinging to the wheel

Hugo Chavez hoped he would be a steady hand at the wheel, but Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela's bus driver turned president, is struggling to keep his late mentor's "revolution" from veering into the abyss.

01.08.2017

(AFP) Hugo Chavez hoped he would be a steady hand at the wheel, but Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela's bus driver turned president, is struggling to keep his late mentor's "revolution" from veering into the abyss.

In the four years since Chavez died, Maduro has constantly sought to drive home the message that he is the charismatic firebrand's anointed heir.