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Nicolas Maduro, who was arrested by America, has been the president of Venezuela for almost twelve years. He is a close associate of prominent leftist leader and former President Hugo Chavez. After Chavez's death, he assumed the presidency. Maduro, who was born in a common labor family, started his political rise in the 90s and rose step by step. At the same time, he faced severe criticism. 

From a simple family..

Maduro was born in 1962 in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela. Father is a labor leader. In the 1990s, Maduro worked as a bus driver. At the same time, he actively participated in left-wing political movements. Later became very close to Hugo Chavez. After Chavez assumed the presidency in 1999, Maduro's phase changed. He got key positions. He served as the President of the National Assembly and as the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

After the death of Chavez..

After Chavez died of cancer in 2013, Maduro took over as the interim president of the country. In the special presidential election held in the same year, he won with a very small majority and took over the presidential reins. After that he won two more elections. But it was not only the opposition that said that there were irregularities in that election.. Many countries also objected. 

Severe repression..

Venezuela has faced many crises under Maduro's rule. Especially the country's economy is in shambles. Inflation is sky high. There was a severe food shortage. In 2014 and 2017, there were massive protests across the country against the government. People took to the streets. Maduro repressed them severely. Thousands of civilians were detained. In January 2025, Maduro assumed the reins of the country's presidency for the third time. There was a lot of controversy over that election. The US has refused to recognize Maduro as president. The opposition leader, Edmundo González, said that they would recognize him.

Maduro vs. Trump

The story has changed since Trump took the reins of the American presidency for the second time. Trump targets Maduro. He accused the Venezuelan president of trying hard to destabilize his country. Maduro was blamed for the influx of drugs and illegal immigrants into America. Trump has declared drug gangs in Venezuela as terrorists. Trump also proposed that if Maduro steps down, he will be given the opportunity to leave the country safely. Maduro denied this. He counter-attacked by saying that the US was looking at the oil reserves in their country. It is noteworthy that Trump took the decision to detain Maduro amid those accusations and counter-accusations.

Maduro.. Puttaparthi is a devotee of Satya Sai Baba. There is a huge portrait of Baba in his office. In 2005, when he visited India in the capacity of Foreign Minister, he visited Prashanthi Nilayam in Puttaparthi. Had a special meeting with Sai Baba.

There is a lot of excitement about what is going to happen next in the wake of the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Celia Four by the United States. Maduro's detention is reminiscent of the 1989 US invasion of Panama. At that time, on the pretext of protecting its citizens, the United States attacked Panama and detained the country's president, Manuel Noriega. The American government of the time accused Noriga of adopting undemocratic policies and encouraging the drug trade by committing corruption. Noriga spent a long time in the prisons of America, France and Panama. He died of a brain tumor in 2017 at the age of 83. Also, Iraqi President Saddam Hussain was arrested by American forces on December 13, 2003. America invaded Iraq and toppled Saddam's government on the pretext that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. He was captured by American forces while hiding in a tunnel in his home soil of Tikrit. The weapons claimed by the US were never found in Iraq. America accused Saddam of committing crimes against humanity. Saddam Hussein was hanged on December 30, 2006 after the trial. 

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