Pompeo Blasts Maduro’s “Illegitimate” Regime, Promises $20 Million For Venezuelan Opposition
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Thu, 01/24/2019
Speaking at the United Nations Security Council, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo condemned the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and promised that the US would offer some badly needed humanitarian relief to the opposition and its leader Juan Guaido, in the amount of…$20 million.
The time for debate is over, Pompeo said, as he declared Maduro’s government illegitimate and “morally bankrupt” before calling on the Venezuelan military to side with the opposition. Under no circumstances should the military resort to acts of violence against Venezuelan civilians, he said.
During his speech, Pompeo reiterated many of the same points from a letter published by the State Department last night where it refused to withdraw US diplomats from Venezuela on the belief that Maduro no longer has the moral authority to make such a call.
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