But they were also part of an international effort to pressure Maduro to cancel this Sunday’s election to choose members of a new body to rewrite Venezuela’s constitution. Show Hide Political career Maduro is the president of Venezuela. Maduro is the president of Venezuela. He was elected to the national assembly in 2000 and was appointed to a number of government positions by Chávez, including foreign minister Maduro was previously a bus driver and trade union leader. Maduro said his government does not “recognize any sanctions” and insisted that the government would go ahead with the vote on Sunday.

Source: The Guardian July 26, 2017 17:43 UTC