Pompeo said, among other things, according to a statement from the state department in Washington, that the US ”will not remain passive” while Russia is exacerbating tensions in the country.

staff for the support of (president) Nicolás Maduro illegitimate regime in Venezuela is liable to prolong the suffering of the venezuelan people, who overwhelming support the interimpresidenten Juan Guaidó”, Pompeo also have said.

the united states and Russia have opposing political and economic interests in the power struggle between the Guaidó and Maduro.

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