Caracas, Jan 27, 2026 (AFP) - Vladimir Padrino: Venezuela's military power broker

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Vladimir Padrino, the man who wields absolute control over Venezuela's powerful military, became a soldier entirely by chance. Named by his father after Marxist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, Padrino was a high school pupil when a friend asked him to tag along to a Military Academy entrance exam. He told the friend he was "crazy," Padrino, now 62, recalled in a 2021 interview with state channel VTV. "I ended up going with him, took the exam. My fr......

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