The 14.7 million citizens who voted in April's presidential election in Venezuela – a country which, according to Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), contains the world’s largest deposits of crude oil – delivered a very even result. On one side, with a share of 50.66% of the vote, are the supporters of the late president Hugo Chávez, a man still known by many as 'the supreme commander', who in 14 years of constitutional rule brought in many changes.
His successor was Nicolás Maduro, 50, a former bus driver, who assumed the presidency on April 19 with an oath on “the Constitution of 1999, Christ the Redeemer and the memory of the supreme commander” in front of heads of state and delegations from 27 countries. The loser, with 49.07% of the vote, was Henrique Capriles Radonski, 40, a successful tax lawyer.
