Last week, Venezuela’s sitting President Nicolás Maduro was declared the winner of the country’s presidential vote, plunging the country into widespread protests amid glaring election irregularities. The 61-year-old Maduro beat the elderly opposition candidate, 74-year-old Mr González Urrutia, despite exit polls showing the latter garnering 65% of the vote. The relatively unknown González was selected as a last-minute stand-in for opposition powerhouse Maria Corina Machado, who was blocked by the Maduro-controlled…
