Maduro, a former bus driver and trade unionist, has clung to power for over a decade through a mix of populism and repression, even as the United States imposed punishing sanctions on the key oil ...

The heir-designate of President Hugo Chavez is a former bus driver and trade unionist with the Caracas public transport. Nicolás Maduro, 50, has been foreign minister since 2006 and also was ...

“I dare say that the vast majority of Venezuelans agree.” Sworn in to a third six-year term on Friday, Maduro, a former bus driver, succeeded his political mentor Hugo Chavez as president in 201 ...

Maduro was sent to communist Cuba in 1986 for a year of ideological instruction — his only studies after high school. Upon returning home, he found work as a bus driver and union organizer.