Venezuela's Maduro rooting for 'revolutionary friend' Sanders in U.S. campaignCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela’s embattled president, Nicolas Maduro, said on Tuesday night he supported Bernie Sanders in the U.S. presidential race, adding that the candidate, who describes himself as a democratic socialist, would win if the vote were “free.”  Maduro, a socialist who sees himself as the political heir to his predecessor, Hugo Chavez, has long railed against the United States, blaming it for Venezuela’s economic crisis and accusing Washington of attempting to topple him. “Bernie Sanders, our revolutionary friend, ought to win in the United States,” Maduro said during an hours-long televised broadcast.  “If the elections were free ... Bernie Sanders would be president of the United States,” he said, criticizing the U.S. Electoral College system as unrepresentative of popular sentiment.  Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, trails former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic nomination for the Nov. 8 presidential election. In an email to supporters in September, Sanders called Chavez a “dead communist dictator.” Venezuela is reeling from a brutal economic crisis that has seen food and medicine running short and spiraling inflation destroying incomes.  The United States and Venezuela have had troubled relations since Chavez became president in 1999, and the countries have not exchanged ambassadors since 2010. Maduro suffered a blow on Tuesday, when the head of the Washington-based Organization of American States called an urgent meeting to discuss whether Venezuela was violating basic democratic principles, paving the way for a vote that could suspend it from the regional diplomatic body. (reut.rs/1P1h0ND) Maduro is also under pressure from Venezuela’s opposition, which is pushing for a recall referendum to remove him from office this year, although authorities have said there would be no such vote. politicsNews
venezuela maduro rooting friend sanders campaigncaracas reuters venezuela embattled president nicolas maduro said tuesday night supported bernie sanders presidential race adding candidate describes democratic socialist would win vote maduro socialist sees political heir predecessor hugo chavez long failed united states blaming venezuela economic crisis accusing washington attempting topple bernie sanders revolutionary friend ought win united states maduro said televised broadcast if elections free bernie sanders would president united states said criticizing electoral college system representative popular sentiment sanders senator vermont trails former secretary state hillary clinton race democratic nomination presidential election in email supporters september sanders called chavez dead communist venezuela reeling brutal economic crisis seen food medicine running short spirulina inflation destroying incomes the united states venezuela troubled relations since chavez became president countries exchanged ambassadors since maduro suffered blow tuesday head organization american states called urgent meeting discuss whether venezuela violating basic democratic principles paving way vote could suspend regional diplomatic body maduro also pressure venezuela opposition pushing recall referendum remove office year although authorities said would vote politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Venezuela's Maduro rooting for 'revolutionary friend' Sanders in U.S. campaignCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela’s embattled president, Nicolas Maduro, said on Tuesday night he supported Bernie Sanders in the U.S. presidential race, adding that the candidate, who describes himself as a democratic socialist, would win if the vote were “free.”  Maduro, a socialist who sees himself as the political heir to his predecessor, Hugo Chavez, has long railed against the United States, blaming it for Venezuela’s economic crisis and accusing Washington of attempting to topple him. “Bernie Sanders, our revolutionary friend, ought to win in the United States,” Maduro said during an hours-long televised broadcast.  “If the elections were free ... Bernie Sanders would be president of the United States,” he said, criticizing the U.S. Electoral College system as unrepresentative of popular sentiment.  Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, trails former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic nomination for the Nov. 8 presidential election. In an email to supporters in September, Sanders called Chavez a “dead communist dictator.” Venezuela is reeling from a brutal economic crisis that has seen food and medicine running short and spiraling inflation destroying incomes.  The United States and Venezuela have had troubled relations since Chavez became president in 1999, and the countries have not exchanged ambassadors since 2010. Maduro suffered a blow on Tuesday, when the head of the Washington-based Organization of American States called an urgent meeting to discuss whether Venezuela was violating basic democratic principles, paving the way for a vote that could suspend it from the regional diplomatic body. (reut.rs/1P1h0ND) Maduro is also under pressure from Venezuela’s opposition, which is pushing for a recall referendum to remove him from office this year, although authorities have said there would be no such vote. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: venezuela maduro rooting friend sanders campaigncaracas reuters venezuela embattled president nicolas maduro said tuesday night supported bernie sanders presidential race adding candidate describes democratic socialist would win vote maduro socialist sees political heir predecessor hugo chavez long failed united states blaming venezuela economic crisis accusing washington attempting topple bernie sanders revolutionary friend ought win united states maduro said televised broadcast if elections free bernie sanders would president united states said criticizing electoral college system representative popular sentiment sanders senator vermont trails former secretary state hillary clinton race democratic nomination presidential election in email supporters september sanders called chavez dead communist venezuela reeling brutal economic crisis seen food medicine running short spirulina inflation destroying incomes the united states venezuela troubled relations since chavez became president countries exchanged ambassadors since maduro suffered blow tuesday head organization american states called urgent meeting discuss whether venezuela violating basic democratic principles paving way vote could suspend regional diplomatic body maduro also pressure venezuela opposition pushing recall referendum remove office year although authorities said would vote politicsnews