Mike Pence accused of ‘authorising coup’ in Venezuela
A protestor holds a poster board with the prices of basic food during a demonstration against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, today
VENEZUELAN Vice-President Delcy Rodriguez has hit out at her US counterpart Mike Pence, telling him: “Yankee, go home” after he was accused of “authorising a coup” against the Bolivarian government through his support for the presidential pretensions of National Assembly speaker Juan Guaido.
After a failed coup attempt in the capital Caracas on Monday, tensions have risen, with dozens of people taking to the streets to protest against President Nicolas Maduro.
On Tuesday, Mr Guaido called on Venezuela’s people to take to the streets today in a mass show of opposition to the government.
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