US Wants UN To Recognise Guaido As Venezuela’s Leader

US Vice President Mike Pence has called on the UN to recognise Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s President and to revoke the credentials of the incumbent Nicolas Maduro government’s ambassador to the international organisation.

“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,” Mr Pence told Venezuela’s UN representative, Samuel Moncada, during a Security Council meeting here on Wednesday.

“The time has come for the UN to recognise interim President Juan Guaido as the legitimate President of Venezuela and seat his representative in this body,” said Mr Pence.