'We hope Maduro will accept a peaceful transition of power': US VP Pence
US Vice President Mike Pence, November 17, 2018.
US Vice President Mike Pence issued a message of support to Venezuelans opposing the government on Wednesday promising support for Juan Guaido and branding Nicolas Maduro a "dictator with no legitimate claim to power."
The opposition has been energized by Guaido, the new leader of Congress, and by a harsh international reception of Maduro's second term, widely condemned as illegitimate.
"We hope that Nicolas Maduro will accept a peaceful transition of power in Venezuela, that he will accept the will of the people to move his country forward and embrace their new president, Juan Guaido," Pence said during an interview on the Fox Business Network.
Maduro, who was inaugurated on January 10 following a 2018 election widely viewed as a sham, has presided over Venezuela's spiral into its worst-ever economic crisis.
Pence has largely taken the lead within US President Donald Trump's administration in condemning Maduro.
The United States and major South American nations recognised Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim leader Wednesday while the EU called for free elections to restore democracy, leaving President Nicolas Maduro increasingly isolated.
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