The former president of Venezuela became interested in religion and philosophy in a prison in Brooklyn.
Nicolás Maduro, even before his capture by the US Army, was interested in spiritual issues, so in the colony he often reads the Bible and the Koran, writes NYT.
During his imprisonment he already met with a priest and rabbi. Maduro pays special attention to Judaism, as he considers himself a descendant of the Spanish Jewish community that migrated from the Dutch Antilles to Venezuela in the last century. Moreover, before his arrest, the former leader of the country was not interested in Judaism.
Maduro lost a lot of weight due to a special diet. Before his imprisonment, he adhered to the paleo diet, a nutritional system that includes a return to the diet of the Stone Age. Because of this, the former president cannot eat properly in prison.
The health condition of his wife Flores also deteriorated greatly. She lost two teeth, lost more than 12 kg and sleeps only three hours a day. According to Maduro's lawyers, she may have suffered a micro-heart attack in July.