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Pompeo Promises More Action to Boost Venezuela's Guaido

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   Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the Untied States will start doing
   more to support Venezuela's opposition leader and self-proclaimed
   president, Juan Guaido.

   Pompeo and Guaido met with reporters Monday on the sidelines of a
   regional counterterrorism meeting in Bogota, Colombia.

   Guaido, head of the National Assembly, declared himself Venezuelan
   president one year ago, after ruling that President Nicolas Maduro's
   re-election was illegitimate.

   The Trump administration and about 50 other countries recognize Guaido
   as Venezuela's true president.

   "I want you to know that your president is a great leader who wants to
   take your country in the right direction -- the direction of freedom,
   democracy, to restore economic prosperity," Pompeo said in remarks
   directed at the Venezuelan people. He said the U.S. will do everything
   to ensure they get that opportunity.

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