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    As Venezuela falls apart, Maduro poised for six more years as president

    by Mery Mogollon and Chris Kraul, Los Angeles Times Jan 09, 2019 3 minutes

    CARACAS, Venezuela - Having won a disputed election, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will be sworn in for a second six-year term Thursday amid a crumbling economy and disintegrating society.

    The handpicked successor of the late President Hugo Chavez, Maduro was first elected in April 2013, a month after Chavez died of cancer. Since then, rising poverty and crime in the once wealthy oil-producing nation have prompted a massive exodus of Venezuelans fleeing the country in search of better lives.

    Hyperinflation and scarcities of food, medicine and basic goods ranging from car

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