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President Maduro's vision for the future
MATT WILLGRESS takes a look at Venzuela's policy priorities for the year ahead

In January, during his first state of the nation speech since being elected, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced a number of initiatives aimed at tackling the "economic war" being conducted by elements of the right-wing opposition against the country's elected government.

Issuing a defiant warning, Maduro said: "For those that underestimate me from the left and the extreme right, I say that I'm a socialist and I know what I'm doing."

A key focus of Maduro's address was that he intends to deepen measures and reforms to counter the ongoing "economic war," pledging to counter "both abuse and outrages" of the economy, with tougher penalties for "sabotage and speculation."

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