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Maduro and Chavez before him are the horrid outcomes.

Chavez was the result of democratic elections, before he grabbed dictatorial powers.

Yes, let's pretend this didn't happen:

I didn’t pretend that. Still, he was elected and the 1998 election is largely uncontested as far as I’m aware.

And the election he stole last year?

Who, Chavez? He died in 2013.

Are you that clueless?