PDVSA Board Of Directors Meeting As Maduro Hands Wide-Ranging Powers to Venezuelas Vice President [Getty Images]

Nicolas Maduro, president of Venezuela, gestures to the audience during a swearing in ceremony for the new board of directors of Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), Venezuela's state oil company, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. Maduro has given his vice president wide-reaching decree powers, including the ability to determine ministries' spending plans and expropriate private businesses, in a move that has fueled speculation over possible succession plans. Photographer: Carlos Becerra/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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