Maduro
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Denver builder recalls Venezuela’s collapse as Maduro’s party rose to power
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When Hugo Chávez — predecessor to deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro — came to power in 1998, Denver builder Noel West Lane was deep into a homebuilding venture in Caracas, supported by business leaders close to the preceding administration of President Rafael Caldera. Early Saturday morning, Lane, who had been president of Denver’s Melody Homes,…
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Maduro says ‘I was captured’ as he pleads not guilty on drug trafficking charges
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NEW YORK (AP) — Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro declared himself “innocent” and a “decent man” as he pleaded not guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in a U.S. courtroom on Monday. “I’m innocent. I am not guilty. I am a decent man, the president of my country,” Maduro told a judge. Maduro was making…
