ENLARGE Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela competes in the Women's Triple Jump final on Day 9 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on August 14. Throughout the Olympics, Maduro and his ministers have talked about the inspirational success of the country’s athletes, made possible only thanks to the country’s Socialist Revolution. Venezuela sent 87 athletes to Rio, its second largest Olympics delegation ever. Cuba and North Korea, who struggle just to feed their citizens, have nine and seven medals respectively in Rio. Swimmer Erwin Maldonado told the AFP news agency he had to sell his car to travel to Rio.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 19, 2016 20:38 UTC