Mike Pompeo said Nicolás Maduro represented "a real threat" to US security

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro represented a "real threat" to US security because of his alliances with Iran, Cuba and Russia.

"I think there is no doubt that the Maduro regime poses a threat to the security of the United States"said Pompeo when appearing before a Senate committee.

In this regard, the Minister of Foreign Affairs emphasized the "very real risk" that the presumed presence in Venezuela of the Lebanese Shiite organization Hezbollah; as well as drug trafficking across Venezuelan territory and its links with Russia, a country that recently sent two military planes to Caracas.

"This combines all this with Cuban relations and the Cuban circle surrounding Maduro and it is clear that the former leadership of Venezuela, the Maduro regime, poses a real threat to the United States.", insisted Pompeo, whose government qualifies Maduro as "former president".

Donald Trump's Government Ensures Maduro is Protected by Cuban Intelligence Agents and, for this reason, he threatened Havana with tightening the embargo that has been impeding for over 50 years trade with the United States, located just 145 kilometers from the island.

In addition, Trump has asked Moscow to withdraw from Venezuela the hundred soldiers who arrived at the end of March in Caracas aboard two planes.

The Kremlin, Maduro's faithful ally, defended that its cooperation with Caracas was part of an agreement ratified in 2001 by both countries and had rejected "destructive interference" by other nations in business. the interior of the country of Latin America.

Washington is leading a campaign of international pressure to force the departure of Maduro, in power since 2013, who resumed his duties on January 10 following elections held in May 2018 and questioned by the community. international

Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence, on Wednesday urged the UN to expel Maduro's ambbadador to the organization and to recognize as President of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, who had claimed state leadership on January 23, given the reelection of the Mature

The United States was the first country to recognize Guaidó as president of Venezuela and since then, he has taken several measures to put pressure on Maduro, including sanctions against Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), the main source of currency in Caracas.