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Monday, February 25, 2019
Pence to Venezuela’s Guaido: Trump ‘with you 100 percent’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUnited States Vice President Mike Pence passes on a message from Donald Trump to Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido on Monday, telling him “we are with you 100 percent.”
Pence and Guaido are meeting in Colombia’s capital Bogota during a summit of regional allies the Lima Group to discuss its next move regarding Venezuela’s crisis and the strategy to oust President Nicolas Maduro.
To President @jguaido of Venezuela, it is a great privilege to share this moment. I bring you and President of Colombia @IvanDuque a very simple message from @POTUS Trump & the United States of America: We are with you 100%. pic.twitter.com/iEaTyDvB7i
— Vice President Mike Pence Archived (@VP45) February 25, 2019
Pence’s appearance before the Lima Group comes two days after a US-backed effort to deliver humanitarian across the border from Colombia ended in violence.
Forces loyal to Maduro fired tear gas and buckshot on activists accompanying the supplies and setting the material on fire. Four people have been reported killed and at least 300 wounded.
— Agencies
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