Question: Recently Nicholas Maduro was elected as the President of which of the following countries?
(a) Paraguay
(b) Venezuela
(c) Uruguay
(d) Peru
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:
- On May 20th, 2018, Nicolas Maduro was re-elected as the President of Venezuela.
- With this, he became the country’s President for the next 6 years.
- He defeated his rival Henri Falcon in the presidential election.
- Although the opposition parties treated this election as invalid and rejected it.
- It is notable that Nicholas Maduro replaced Hugo Chavez in the year 2013.
- Venezuela’s capital is Caracas.
Reference:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/20/world/americas/venezuela-election.html
https://nypost.com/2018/05/20/maduro-declared-winner-in-disputed-venezuela-election/