Overview
- Profiles of Nicolás Maduro’s spiritual life have been republished after U.S. forces captured him, with U.S. authorities accusing him and Cilia Flores of running a cocaine‑trafficking network and authorizing violence.
- In 2005, Maduro and Flores visited Sathya Sai Baba’s Prasanthi Nilayam ashram in Puttaparthi for a private audience, documented by photos showing Maduro seated at the guru’s feet.
- Inside Miraflores Palace, Maduro displayed a prominent portrait of Sathya Sai Baba in his private office alongside images of Simón Bolívar and Hugo Chávez.
- Following Sathya Sai Baba’s death in 2011, Venezuela’s National Assembly—reportedly at Maduro’s urging as foreign minister—passed a condolence resolution and declared a day of national mourning.
- In November 2025, Maduro marked the guru’s centenary with an official statement calling him a “being of light,” as reports also noted Venezuela’s long‑standing Sai organisations dating back to the first center in Caracas in 1974.