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|Image = | |Image = Venezuelan-President-Nicolas-Maduro.jpg | ||
|fullname = Nicolás Maduro Moros | |fullname = Nicolás Maduro Moros | ||
|origin = Caracas, Venezuela | |origin = Caracas, Venezuela | ||
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|hobby = Ruling Venezuela with an iron fist<br>Spreading conspiracy theories about the United States, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, etc | |hobby = Ruling Venezuela with an iron fist<br>Spreading conspiracy theories about the United States, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, etc | ||
|goals = Remain as President of Venezuela (ongoing)<br>Keep total control over Venezuela (ongoing)<br>Crush any opposition to his rule (ongoing) | |goals = Remain as President of Venezuela (ongoing)<br>Keep total control over Venezuela (ongoing)<br>Crush any opposition to his rule (ongoing) | ||
|crimes = Human rights violations<br>[[Domestic abuse]]<br>[[Pollution]]<br>Election fraud<br> | |crimes = Human rights violations<br>[[Domestic abuse]]<br>[[Pollution]]<br>Election fraud<br>[[Mass murder]]<br>[[Authoritarianism]]<br>[[Terrorism]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Drug trafficking]]<br>Narco-[[terrorism]]<br>[[Money laundering]]<br>[[Americophobia]]<br>[[Genocide]]<br>[[Homophobia]]<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>Destruction of aid from other countries<br> | ||
|type of villain = | |type of villain = Power Hungry Totalitarian | ||
|alias= | |alias=Stalin<br>}} | ||
{{quote|Like you, people of the United States, we Venezuelans are patriots. And we shall defend our homeland with all the pieces of our soul. Today Venezuela is united... we demand the cessation of the aggression that seeks to suffocate our economy and socially suffocate our people, as well as the cessation of the serious and dangerous threats of military intervention... We appeal to the good soul of the American society, victim of its own leaders, to join our call for peace, let us be all one people against warmongering and war.|Maduro in an open letter to the American people.}} | {{quote|Like you, people of the United States, we Venezuelans are patriots. And we shall defend our homeland with all the pieces of our soul. Today Venezuela is united... we demand the cessation of the aggression that seeks to suffocate our economy and socially suffocate our people, as well as the cessation of the serious and dangerous threats of military intervention... We appeal to the good soul of the American society, victim of its own leaders, to join our call for peace, let us be all one people against warmongering and war.|Maduro in an open letter to the American people.}} | ||
'''Nicolás Maduro Moros''' (born November 23<sup>rd</sup>, 1962) is a Venezuelan politician serving as the President of Venezuela since 2013, with his presidency being disputed with [https://real-life-heroes.fandom.com/wiki/Juan_Guaido Juan Guaido] since January 1, 2019 | '''Nicolás Maduro Moros''' (born November 23<sup>rd</sup>, 1962) is a Venezuelan politician serving as the President of Venezuela since 2013, with his presidency being disputed with [https://real-life-heroes.fandom.com/wiki/Juan_Guaido Juan Guaido] since January 1, 2019. | ||
Beginning his working life as a bus driver, Maduro rose to become a trade union leader before being elected to the National Assembly in 2000. He was appointed to a number of positions under President [[Hugo Chávez]] and was described in 2012 by the ''Wall Street Journal'' as the "most capable administrator and politician of Chávez's inner circle". He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2013 and as Vice President of Venezuela from 2012 to 2013 under Chávez. After Chávez's death was announced on March 5<sup>th</sup>, 2013, Maduro assumed the presidential powers and responsibilities. A special presidential election was held in 2013, which Maduro won with 50.62% of the vote as the [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela]] candidate. He has ruled Venezuela by decree since 19 November 2013 through powers granted to him by the pre-2015 Venezuela legislature. | Beginning his working life as a bus driver, Maduro rose to become a trade union leader before being elected to the National Assembly in 2000. He was appointed to a number of positions under President [[Hugo Chávez]] and was described in 2012 by the ''Wall Street Journal'' as the "most capable administrator and politician of Chávez's inner circle". He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2013 and as Vice President of Venezuela from 2012 to 2013 under Chávez. After Chávez's death was announced on March 5<sup>th</sup>, 2013, Maduro assumed the presidential powers and responsibilities. A special presidential election was held in 2013, which Maduro won with 50.62% of the vote as the [[United Socialist Party of Venezuela]] candidate. He has ruled Venezuela by decree since 19 November 2013 through powers granted to him by the pre-2015 Venezuela legislature. | ||
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Maduro has been described as a "dictator", and an Organization of American States (OAS) report determined that [[crimes against humanity]] have been committed during his presidency. Maduro allies including China, Cuba, Russia, Iran, Turkey, and Serbia support and denounce what they call interference in Venezuela's domestic affairs. AP News reported that "familiar geopolitical sides" had formed in the 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis, with allies Russia, China, Iran, Syria, Cuba, Bolivia, Turkey, and Serbia supporting Maduro, and the US, Canada, the rest of South America, European Union, Israel, South Korea, Japan, and Australia supporting Guaidó as interim president. Amid widespread condemnation, President Maduro was sworn in on January 10<sup>th</sup>, 2019, and the President of the National Assembly, Guaidó, was declared the interim President by that body on January 23<sup>rd</sup>, 2019. Maduro's government states that the crisis is a "coup d'état led by the United States to topple him and control the country's oil reserves." Guaidó denies the coup allegations, saying peaceful volunteers back his movement. He is also friends with other authoritarian leaders like [[Daniel Ortega]], [[Vladimir Putin]], [[Xi Jinping]], [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]], [[Bashar al-Assad]], [[Kim Jong-un]], [[Alexander Lukashenko]], and [[Aleksandar Vučić|Aleksandar Vučić.]] However, not all authoritarian leaders are friends with him as he is enemies with [[Jair Bolsonaro]], [[Viktor Orbán]], and [[Benjamin Netanyahu]]. | Maduro has been described as a "dictator", and an Organization of American States (OAS) report determined that [[crimes against humanity]] have been committed during his presidency. Maduro allies including China, Cuba, Russia, Iran, Turkey, and Serbia support and denounce what they call interference in Venezuela's domestic affairs. AP News reported that "familiar geopolitical sides" had formed in the 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis, with allies Russia, China, Iran, Syria, Cuba, Bolivia, Turkey, and Serbia supporting Maduro, and the US, Canada, the rest of South America, European Union, Israel, South Korea, Japan, and Australia supporting Guaidó as interim president. Amid widespread condemnation, President Maduro was sworn in on January 10<sup>th</sup>, 2019, and the President of the National Assembly, Guaidó, was declared the interim President by that body on January 23<sup>rd</sup>, 2019. Maduro's government states that the crisis is a "coup d'état led by the United States to topple him and control the country's oil reserves." Guaidó denies the coup allegations, saying peaceful volunteers back his movement. He is also friends with other authoritarian leaders like [[Daniel Ortega]], [[Vladimir Putin]], [[Xi Jinping]], [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]], [[Bashar al-Assad]], [[Kim Jong-un]], [[Alexander Lukashenko]], and [[Aleksandar Vučić|Aleksandar Vučić.]] However, not all authoritarian leaders are friends with him as he is enemies with [[Jair Bolsonaro]], [[Viktor Orbán]], and [[Benjamin Netanyahu]]. | ||
===Human rights abuses=== | ===Human rights abuses=== | ||
Venezuela's | Venezuela's regime, led by Nicolás Maduro, has systematically violated the human rights and dignity of its citizens, has looted the country's natural resources, and led a nation that was once prosperous to economic ruin with its authoritarian government and socialist economic policies.<ref>[https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2019/2/1/what-brought-venezuelas-economy-to-ruin What brought Venezuela’s economy to ruin?], ''Al Jazeera''</ref><ref>[https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/issue-brief/the-maduro-regimes-illicit-activities-a-threat-to-democracy-in-venezuela-and-security-in-latin-america/ The Maduro Regime’s Illicit Activities: A Threat to Democracy in Venezuela and Security in Latin America], ''Atlantic Council''</ref><ref name=Maduro>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190516130230/https://www.state.gov/nicolas-maduro-corruption-and-chaos-in-venezuela/ Nicolas Maduro: Corruption and Chaos in Venezuela], U.S. State Department</ref> | ||
Maduro's thugs have committed extrajudicial killings and torture, have taken political prisoners and severely restricted freedom of expression, all in a brutal effort to retain power. | Maduro's thugs have committed extrajudicial killings and torture, have taken political prisoners and severely restricted freedom of expression, all in a brutal effort to retain power.<ref name=Bachelet>[https://www.france24.com/en/20190705-venezuela-united-nations-report-michelle-bachelet-human-rights UN report cites 'shockingly high' number of likely 'executions' in Venezuela], ''France 24''</ref> | ||
In 2015, opposition parties in favor of democracy flatly defeated the Maduro regime in the legislative elections. Shortly after, Maduro began dismantling several branches of government. The outgoing President of the National Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, hastened to fill the country's courts with unskilled fans of the party to serve as guarantors of Maduro's power. | In 2015, opposition parties in favor of democracy flatly defeated the Maduro regime in the legislative elections. Shortly after, Maduro began dismantling several branches of government. The outgoing President of the National Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, hastened to fill the country's courts with unskilled fans of the party to serve as guarantors of Maduro's power. | ||
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This false electoral system culminated in the presidential elections of May 20, 2018. With most of the opposition figures arrested, exiled or with the prohibition of running for elections, Maduro faced a field of weakened candidates in a rigged election. To boost pro-Maduro participation, the regime bribed controls with food and other subsidies that desperately needed a change in their votes. | This false electoral system culminated in the presidential elections of May 20, 2018. With most of the opposition figures arrested, exiled or with the prohibition of running for elections, Maduro faced a field of weakened candidates in a rigged election. To boost pro-Maduro participation, the regime bribed controls with food and other subsidies that desperately needed a change in their votes. | ||
On January 10, 2019, Maduro illegally assumed the presidency in an illegitimate ceremony by many Venezuelans and more than 50 countries, including most of Venezuela's neighbors and the majority of the European Union. | On January 10, 2019, Maduro illegally assumed the presidency in an illegitimate ceremony by many Venezuelans and more than 50 countries, including most of Venezuela's neighbors and the majority of the European Union. | ||
In this context, Juan Guaidó, elected on January 5, 2019, as President of the National Assembly, the only legitimate and democratically elected institution remaining in the country, invoked relevant articles of the Venezuelan constitution and will be seen as Interim President of Venezuela . | In this context, Juan Guaidó, elected on January 5, 2019, as President of the National Assembly, the only legitimate and democratically elected institution remaining in the country, invoked relevant articles of the Venezuelan constitution and will be seen as Interim President of Venezuela. | ||
[[File:Protester with riot shield Venezuela 2014.jpg|thumb|347x347px]] | [[File:Protester with riot shield Venezuela 2014.jpg|thumb|347x347px]] | ||
===Corruption=== | ===Corruption=== | ||
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===Recent developments=== | ===Recent developments=== | ||
In October 2018, the Councilor of Caracas, Fernando Alban, traveled to New York to denounce the brutality of the Maduro regime, outside the General Assembly of the United Nations. Upon his return to Venezuela on October 5, Maduro's secret police arrested him at the airport. He died in custody a few days later, when he mysteriously fell from a window on the 10th floor of a maximum security prison in Caracas. | In October 2018, the Councilor of Caracas, Fernando Alban, traveled to New York to denounce the brutality of the Maduro regime, outside the General Assembly of the United Nations. Upon his return to Venezuela on October 5, Maduro's secret police arrested him at the airport. He died in custody a few days later, when he mysteriously fell from a window on the 10th floor of a maximum security prison in Caracas. Opponents of Maduro's regime accused security forces of murdering him.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20181009041603/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/venezuela-caracas-opposition-councilman-dies-in-jail/2018/10/08/2c72e57c-cb5d-11e8-ad0a-0e01efba3cc1_story.html Venezuela: Caracas opposition councilman dies in jail], ''The Washington Post''</ref> | ||
Maduro is increasingly | |||
The FAES, made up of 1,300 officers, is accused of killing more than 100 people in low-income neighborhoods from June to December 2018. | Maduro is increasingly trustinig the National Police [[Special Action Forces]] (FAES) he created in 2017 to carry out illegal raids and extrajudicial killings. The FAES, made up of 1,300 officers, is accused of killing more than 100 people in low-income neighborhoods from June to December 2018. On March 20, 2019, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, FAES executed 37 people in connection with illegal home invasion raids in January.<ref name=Bachelet/> | ||
On March 20, 2019, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, FAES executed 37 people in connection with illegal home invasion raids in January. | |||
The regime has deployed the National Guard and civilian militias known as collectives to repress peaceful protesters. According to the National Assembly, the previous regime is responsible for at least 40 deaths related to the protest so far this year. | The regime has deployed the National Guard and civilian militias known as collectives to repress peaceful protesters. According to the National Assembly, the previous regime is responsible for at least 40 deaths related to the protest so far this year. | ||
On April 5, 2019, the human rights NGO PROVEA announced the discovery of several clandestine detention centers, including three allegedly led by collectives, police, state security forces and intelligence agencies, where the former regime stopped and mistreated extralegally to Venezuelan citizens.<ref name=Maduro/> | |||
On April 5, 2019, the human rights NGO PROVEA announced the discovery of several clandestine detention centers, including three allegedly led by collectives, police, state security forces and intelligence agencies, where the former regime stopped and mistreated extralegally to Venezuelan citizens. | |||
On April 4, 2019, the police raided the house of the National Assembly deputy, Roberto Alcalá, in an effort to prosecute him for fabricated terrorism charges. | On April 4, 2019, the police raided the house of the National Assembly deputy, Roberto Alcalá, in an effort to prosecute him for fabricated terrorism charges. | ||
On 26 March 2020, the United States government issued a warrant for the arrest of Maduro on charges of drug trafficking and narco-terrorism, claiming that the Venezuelan government had shipped tons of cocaine into America in order to wage a health war against the United States. | On March 21, 2019, Venezuelan police raided the house of the acting chief of interim President Juan Guaidó, Roberto Marrero, and arrested him for alleged involvement in a plot to assassinate Maduro. Despite international condemnation, Maduro's intelligence agency, [[SEBIN]], continues to hold him.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics/venezuelas-guaido-says-intelligence-agents-detained-his-chief-of-staff-idUSKCN1R20WT Venezuela detains top aide to Guaido in move U.S. calls 'big mistake'], ''Reuters''</ref> SEBIN has a history of using cruel and inhuman treatment to force confessions.<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/political-protesters-are-left-to-rot-in-venezuelas-secretive-underground-prison/story-fnu2pycd-1227457672139 Political protesters are left to rot in Venezuela’s secretive underground prison], ''News.com.au''</ref> | ||
On 26 March 2020, the United States government issued a warrant for the arrest of Maduro on charges of drug trafficking and narco-terrorism, claiming that the Venezuelan government had shipped tons of cocaine into America in order to wage a "health war" against the United States.<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/26/nicolas-maduro-us-indictment-venezuela-drug-trafficking-leaders US indicts Nicolás Maduro and other top Venezuelan leaders for drug trafficking], ''The Guardian''</ref> | |||
In 2021 the International Criminal Court opened an investigation into Maduro's government on charges of crimes against humanity relating to thousands of cases of murder, arbitrary detention and attacks against the judiciary allegedly sanctioned by the state.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/04/venezuela-faces-landmark-icc-investigation-over-alleged-crimes-against-humanity Venezuela faces landmark ICC investigation over alleged crimes against humanity], ''The Guardian''</ref> This followed a 2018 investigation by the Organization of American States which found that crimes against humanity have been committed in Venezuela during Maduro's tenure.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/canada-introduces-new-sanctions-on-venezuelan-regime-in-wake-of-devastating-report-on-crimes-against-humanity Canada introduces new sanctions on Venezuelan regime in wake of devastating report on crimes against humanity], ''National Post''</ref> | |||
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