US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warns Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro not to use force against mass demonstrations and urged further international support for the self-declared acting president.
A day after the United States and major Latin American nations recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as the acting president, Pompeo presses his case at a special meeting of the Organization of American States.
“The time for debate is done. The regime of former president Nicolas Maduro is illegitimate,” Pompeo says.
“His regime is morally bankrupt, it’s economically incompetent, and it is profoundly corrupt, and it is undemocratic to the core,” he says.
Pompeo demands that the military, whose leadership has confirmed its loyalty to Maduro, protect Guaido, a day after deadly street clashes.
“I reiterate our warning about any decision by remnant elements of the Maduro regime to use violence to repress the peaceful democratic transition,” Pompeo says.
Pompeo urges all members of the Organization of American States to recognize Guaido.
— AFP
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