Pompeo says Venezuela's Maduro government is 'illegitimate'

Reuters

Published Jan 12, 2019 09:16AM ET

Pompeo says Venezuela's Maduro government is 'illegitimate'

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo described Venezuela's government under President Nicolas Maduro as illegitimate on Saturday and said the United States would work with like-minded countries in Latin America to restore democracy there.

"The Maduro regime is illegitimate and the United States will work diligently to restore a real democracy to that country," Pompeo told reporters in Abu Dhabi, where he is on a tour of Middle East countries.