Venezuela : With more than 99 % of ballots counted , Maduro secured 50.7 % of the vote , Venezuelan National Electoral Council President Tibisay Lucena said Sunday night , calling the results `` irreversible . '' Maduro was behind radical foreign policy decisions , also compromises . Hugo Chavez said he wanted Maduro to replace him . Maduro has been Venezuela 's vice president and foreign minister . He started his career as a truck driver and later became a union leader and a politician .
Venezuela : Maduro was behind radical foreign policy decisions , also compromises . Hugo Chavez said he wanted Maduro to replace him . Maduro has been Venezuela 's vice president and foreign minister . He started his career as a truck driver and later became a union leader and a politician .