WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo released statements on Monday slamming Venezuela’s recent election and pledging an international response.
“Venezuela´s election was a sham – neither free nor fair,” said Pence about the May 20 vote in which Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro won re-election. “The United States will not sit idly by as Venezuela crumbles and the misery of their brave people continues…The Maduro regime must allow humanitarian aid into Venezuela and must allow its people to be heard.” (Reporting by Lisa Lambert and Makini Brice Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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