{"id":121464,"date":"2021-05-05T14:51:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T06:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=121464"},"modified":"2021-05-05T14:51:08","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T06:51:08","slug":"hollywood-action-star-steven-seagal-gifts-sword-to-venezuelas-pres-maduro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=121464","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood action star Steven Seagal gifts sword to Venezuela\u2019s Pres Maduro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Action-star-Steven-Seagal-gifts-sword-to-Venezuelas-Maduro.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Action-star-Steven-Seagal-gifts-sword-to-Venezuelas-Maduro.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>CARACAS, May 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Hollywood action star Steven Seagal, known for dropping in on tough guy leaders like Russia\u2019s Vladimir Putin, paid a visit to Venezuela\u2019s president Nicolas Maduro to give him the gift of a samurai sword.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hero of 80s and 90s hits including \u201cHard to Kill\u201d and \u201cUnder Siege\u201d appeared in state-run TV footage on Tuesday passing the katana to Maduro, who then sliced the blade through the air several times in an ornate office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seagal, dressed all in black and without a face mask, nodded approvingly but appeared to warn Maduro when the leader put his fingers close to the blade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the decades since the height of his Hollywood fame, Seagal has been a vocal supporter of Putin and once dropped in on Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte as the southeast Asian nation battled Daesh group extremists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia granted Seagal citizenship in 2016, which included Putin personally handing over a passport to the actor in a televised meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maduro, whose 2018 reelection has been deemed fraudulent by the White House, is subject to Western sanctions and labeled a dictator over alleged voter fraud and other abuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself Venezuela\u2019s leader in 2019, rooting his legitimacy in his role as speaker of the opposition-led National Assembly. His claim has been recognized by more than 50 countries, including the United States. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARACAS, May 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Hollywood action star Steven Seagal, known for dropping in on tough guy leaders like Russia\u2019s Vladimir Putin, paid a visit to Venezuela\u2019s president Nicolas Maduro to give him the gift of a samurai sword. The hero of 80s and 90s hits including \u201cHard to Kill\u201d and \u201cUnder Siege\u201d appeared in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":121466,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121464"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/121466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}