Maduro was born into a working-class family on November 23, 1962, son of a trade union leader. He worked as a bus driver during the time army officer Hugo Chavez led a failed coup attempt in 1992.

In an interview aired on Thursday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro had extended an olive branch to the US and President Donald Trump, offering to address concerns on drug trafficking and access to Venezuelan oil.

The tragedy that unfolded in Indore was not sudden; it was scripted over years in official files and ignored warnings, according to internal documents accessed by NDTV.