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Venezuelan disputed President Nicolas Maduro took a swipe at Barack Obama on Saturday, calling him the “grand chief of devils” after the US president declined to recognize his contested re-election.<\/p>\n

“Coming out of Central America, Obama let loose with a bunch of impertinent remarks, insolent stuff… He is giving an order, and his blessing, for the fascist right wing to attack Venezuela’s democracy,” Maduro alleged in an address.<\/p>\n

But “we are here defending our institutions, peace, democracy, the people of Venezuela… and we can sit down with anyone, even the grand chief of devils: Obama,” Maduro said.<\/p>\n

The socialist’s harsh attack recalled diatribes from his predecessor the late Hugo Chavez aimed at former US president George W. Bush, whom he also called a devil, among other insults.<\/p>\n

During a visit to Costa Rica on Friday, Obama would not say whether the United States recognizes Maduro as the winner of last month’s presidential election.<\/p>\n

Obama told US Spanish-language network Univision that the entire region “has been watching the violence, the protests, the crackdowns on the opposition” following the controversial April 14 election. <\/p>\n

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Maduro, 50, defeated opposition leader Henrique Capriles, 40, at least officially, by a razor-thin margin in the election to replace the late leftist leader Hugo Chavez.<\/p>\n

Capriles, however, has refused to concede defeat, claiming there were irregularities. He has contested the results officially.<\/p>\n

“I think our general view has been that it’s up to the people of Venezuela to choose their leaders in legitimate elections,” said Obama, who was in Costa Rica for a summit with Central American leaders.<\/p>\n

Maduro, however, begs to differ. He charged the United States with financially backing the Venezuelan opposition.<\/p>\n

“It is Obama himself — as the puppet of the imperial power — who is behind the financing in dollars of this right wing that is seeking to destroy Venezuela’s democracy,” Maduro insisted.<\/p>\n

Tensions have been running high since the election to replace the larger-than-life Chavez.<\/p>\n

The government says nine people died in protests in the days after the election.<\/p>\n

Opposition and pro-government lawmakers exchanged punches and kicks in a spectacular brawl at the National Assembly on Tuesday. Maduro said this was “planned” ahead of Obama’s trip to Mexico and Central America.<\/p>\n

Each side held dueling May Day marches on Wednesday, with Maduro calling Capriles a “crybaby” who could not accept defeat.<\/p>\n

Chavez, the most prominent face of the Latin American left for over a decade, was Venezuela’s president for 14 years before his death in March.<\/p>\n

Venezuela sits atop the world’s largest proven oil reserves, and Chavez had harnessed its wealth to support popular social programs and provide aid to fellow leftist leaders across the region.<\/p>\n

Maduro, a former bus driver and union organizer, was a member of Chavez’s inner circle throughout the late leader’s reign, serving as his vice president and foreign minister.<\/p>\n

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