CARACAS: Campaigning in Venuzuela got off to a muted start on Sunday ahead of a divisive presidential poll on May 20 which is being boycotted by the opposition and branded illegitimate by much of the international community.

President Nicolas Maduro, a 55-year-old former bus driver, is running for another six-year mandate with no significant rivals and promising “prosperity” to a country living through one of its worst-ever crises and increasingly isolated.

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