Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro 'had an airplane on the tarmac' but changed his mind on the advice of Russia.
The top U.S. diplomat claimed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was ready to step down and leave his country amid an uprising Tuesday, but Russian advised him to stay.
"We think the situation remains incredibly fluid," Pompeo told CNN."We know there were senior leaders inside the Maduro government that were prepared to leave. They told us as much over the past few weeks, and we're convinced that the Venezuelan people are going to get their democracy back." As Guaidó's armed rebellion outside the La Carlota air base in Caracas appeared to lose momentum, White House national security adviser John Bolton revealed during a press conference that three senior Maduro officials—Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino, Supreme Court Chief Justice Maikel Moreno and Presidential Guard Commander Hernandez Dala—"agreed to leave.
In reaction to the unrest, Russian President Vladimir Putin convened his Security Council and the Russian Foreign Ministry warned that the"radical opposition in Venezuela has again resorted to violent methods of confrontation." The ministry called "on all sides to renounce the use of violence" and for a dialogue"taken exclusively within the confines of the law, in strict conformity with the constitution and without destructive interference from outside the country.
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