Venezuela's Maduro hits Twitter milestone, still lags mentor Chavez

By Alexandra Ulmer CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has hit a Twitter feed milestone of 2 million followers, though his cyber popularity still lags far behind that of his charismatic predecessor, the late Hugo Chavez. "Today I reached 2 million followers on my Twitter feed that's been active for barely a year!" he exclaimed during a speech to university students, lauding the follower who propelled him above the mark. "Greetings to Mr. Enver Segundo Medina Dias, of Maracaibo, I'll see him tomorrow. Both leaders proved avid users of Twitter, a U.S.-based social networking company known for its service that lets people send and post text messages of 140 characters.

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