The vanishing of Nicolás Maduro: how the former dictator is being erased from Venezuela

<p>Billboards are being painted over and former allies seem eager to forget the man they once glorified</p><p>For years, his bewhiskered face stared down from propaganda billboards glorifying the supposedly revolutionary rule of a dictator who styled himself as “the protector of the people”.</p><p>The spin-doctored adoration was such that factories churned out plastic action figures exalting Nicolás Maduro as an “indestructible” and “iron-fisted” caped crusader nicknamed “Super Moustache”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/10/maduro-venezuela-erased">Continue reading...</a>