From Bus Driver to US Detainee: Venezuela's Maduro Faces Narco-Terrorism Trial

Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela's president for nearly 14 years, is now a prisoner of the United States. U.S. special forces captured the 63-year-old leader on Saturday and flew him to New York. He will stand trial on narcotics and terrorism-related charges, known legally as narco-terrorism. If convicted, he faces a lengthy prison sentence. Maduro once drove a bus and was a union activist. He later became the chosen successor of former president Hugo Chávez. For years, Maduro accused the U.S. of trying to destroy Venezuela's socialist revolution. That political system began under Chávez in 1999. Now, as Maduro prepares for his U.S. trial, a separate question remains: how will the people of Venezuela judge their former president?