Instructions: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Input: (CNN) Protests that rocked the Venezuelan capital over the weekend are the latest signs of a simmering crisis that's threatening to boil over in the South American country. Rival factions of pro- and anti-government activists took to the streets of Caracas, a day after President Nicolas Maduro declared a "constitutional state of emergency." Maduro said his emergency declaration aimed "to tend to our country and, more importantly, to prepare to denounce, neutralize and overcome the external and foreign aggressions against our country." He has also called for military exercises to take place next weekend to prepare for "any scenario," including a foreign invasion.President Nicolas Maduro has declared a "constitutional state of emergency"People throughout the country lack access to food and basic healthcare 
 Question:The endgame of all this is bad news for _, Smith says.
Output:
Nicolas Maduro