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How Venezuela’s Maduro Keeps Fooling Joe Biden – HotAir

You can add another name to the list of foreign leaders who are currently running rings around the Biden administration. This time it’s an old fan favorite of this site, Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro. As you may recall, Maduro seized power after Hugo Chavez died more than ten years ago. He immediately began a socialist crackdown against his political opponents and started running his country’s economy into the ground. Following the last failed attempt at elections, he was no longer even recognized as Venezuela’s president by many nations, including the United States under Donald Trump. The country was also under many sanctions. But last year, Maduro made a show of signing an agreement promising free presidential elections this year. Joe Biden immediately lifted sanctions on Venezuela and applauded the “progress.” But now there are no signs of any upcoming elections

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