Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro 'used body double' at Summit of the Americas

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http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/venezuelan-president-nicolas-maduro-used-body-double-summit-americas-1496377

Footage has emerged showing Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro using a lookalike to avoid unwanted attention at the seventh Summit of the Americas last week.

A man resembling the 52-year-old who took the reins of the South American country at the death of his predecessor and mentor Hugo Chavez in 2013 is seen leaving a Panama conference centre in the video published by the CNN's Spanish service.

The man sporting Maduro's famous moustache is escorted down the building's entrance stairs by a large number of bodyguards, who walk with him past members of the press camped on the other side of the street. By his side is a woman with features similar to those of Venezuela's first lady Cilia Flores.

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If the video is to be confirmed as authentic, the leftist head of state would join a small group of leaders and dictators, including Stalin and Saddam Hussein, who reportedly used 'doubles' for personal security reasons.