In October 2016, the head of Russia’s largest oil company traveled to the birthplace of Hugo Chávez, in the empty, sweltering plains of Venezuela, to unveil a giant bronze statue of the late socialist leader that he and his longtime friend, Russian President Vladimir Putin, commissioned from a prominent Russian artist.
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrives for the opening ceremony of the judicial year at the Supreme Court of Justice in Caracas, on Jan. 24, 2019.
