Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro greets supporters after a meeting with Portuguese and Venezuelan businessmen in Lisbon June 18, 2013. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante
CARACAS (Reuters) - Wearing sports gear in the national colours and sitting on a sofa in a modest family home, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro holds a microphone, chats with locals and expounds on the benefits of socialism.
Variations of the scene - on a factory floor, playing soccer in the presidential palace or walking the plains with farmers - play daily on national TV as Hugo Chavez's successor makes "Gobierno en la Calle," or "Street Government," the chosen slogan of his rule.
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