Washington — Vice President Michael Pence will call for the ouster of embattled Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro next week during a high-profile visit to Colombia, a staunch U.S. ally which shares a border with Venezuela and has taken in more than a million refugees from its crisis-stricken neighbor. Pence will travel to Colombia on Feb. 25 to reiterate the American government’s support for National Assembly President Juan Guaidó , which the U.S. and dozens of countries have recognized as Venezuela’s interim president. The vice president, who has been one of the leading spokespersons for the Trump administration’s crackdown on Maduro’s increasingly-authoritarian government, is also scheduled to speak before representatives of nations in the “Lima group,” a coalition formed by Latin American governments to address the dire humanitarian and political turmoil in Venezuela. “The struggle in Venezuela is between dictatorship and democracy, and freedom has the momentum. Juan Guaido is the only legitimate leader of Venezuela, and it’s time for Nicolas Maduro to go,” the vice president’s spokesperson Alyssa Farah said in a statement. “The United States is proud to join the Lima Group and other global partners to marshal our resources, provide much needed humanitarian relief, and stand together with… Read full this story
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