Pence Demands UN Expel Venezuela's Ambassador and Support Guaido

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Pence Demands UN Expel Venezuela's Ambassador and Support Guaido
By David Wainer
April 10, 2019, 11:10 AM CDT Updated on April 10, 2019, 11:57 AM CDT

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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence urged the United Nations to revoke the credentials of Venezuela’s UN envoy and throw its support behind interim President Juan Guaido as the legitimate leader of Venezuela.

“The Western Hemisphere has spoken with a clear voice –- nations across the world have spoken –- and now it’s time for the United Nations to speak,” Pence told the Security Council on Wednesday where he also announced the U.S. would introduce a resolution supporting Guaido. “Nicolas Maduro is a dictator with no legitimate claim to power, and Nicolas Maduro must go,” he said, referring to Venezuela’s president.

At one point during the hearing, Pence looked over at Venezuelan envoy Samuel Moncada Acosta and said, “With all due respect, Mr. Ambassador, you shouldn’t be here. You should return to Venezuela and tell Nicolas Maduro that his time is up. It’s time for him to go.”

Read more at: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-10/pence-demands-un-expel-venezuela-s-ambassador-support-guaido?srnd=politics-vp