| Protests against President Maduro have continued despite the celebration of the first anniversary of Hugo Chavez's death. |
| A sincere openness is required and so far, the maduro government has ignored the few overtures the opposition has made. |
| Maduro stays his course via PetroAmerica, his mentor's geo-political tool for regional Latin American union on which he had worked hard. |
| A former bus driver and transport-workers union leader, Maduro lacks the charisma and oratorical flourish of his mentor. |
| When the civilian President Maduro burns in effigy, soldiers can still warm their hands around the flames. |
| But when his chosen successor, maduro, ran for president a year ago with the same party machinery, he won by a scant 1.5 per cent. |
