Meanings
- derogatoryinformalStarvation in Venezuela perceived to be due to the policies implemented by Nicolás Maduro.
Long-forgotten diseases such as diphtheria had returned, along with malnutrition; 'the Maduro diet' led to three-quarters of the population losing eight kilograms or more in 2016.
2017, Alexander Parker, Tim Richman, 50 People Who Messed up the World, →ISBN, page 722 more examples
During a nationally televised speech this week, Maduro asked an audience member why he was so skinny, and one woman shouted out “the Maduro diet”—a common phrase among increasingly hungry Venezuelans.
2016, The Week, page 8This collective emaciation is referred to dryly here as “the Maduro diet,” but it’s a level of hunger almost unheard-of outside war zones or areas ravaged by hurricane, drought or plague.
2017, Mariana Zuñiga, Nick Miroff, Venezuela’s paradox: People are hungry, but farmers can’t feed them
Translations
Dutch Maduro-dieet
- Maduro-dieetTranslations
Spanish dieta de Maduro
- dieta de MaduroTranslations
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Maduro diet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maduro%20diet
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