VP: Venezuela's Maduro to Seek 2nd Term in 2018

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro — who is battling a crippling economic crisis in his oil-rich, cash-poor nation — will seek re-election next year, Vice President Tareck El Aissami said Wednesday. In 2018, "we will have, God willing, people willing, the re-election of our brother Nicolas Maduro as president of the republic," El Aissami told a meeting of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela. Next year's presidential election in the South American country — a member of OPEC — is scheduled for December, but some experts believe it could be brought forward to March. More…