Mike Pence promised that the United States would provide lasting support to Juan Guaidó

The Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence, it showed "to encourageor "because of protests in Venezuela and He promised that Washington would continue to support opposition leader Juan Guaidó until there is a power relay.

"It is encouraging to see tens of thousands of people taking to the streets of Venezuela to defend their freedom, and we want you to know this: we are with you.Pence told a small media group during a visit to Baltimore (Maryland, USA).

"The United States will continue on the side of President Juan Guaidó and those who love freedom in Venezuela until their freedom and democracy are restored, "he said.

Venezuela is facing a political and social crisis that has been accentuated after the Speaker of Parliament, on January 23, Juan Guaidó, has declared himself acting president by invoking some articles of the Venezuelan Constitution and has obtained the endorsement of a good part of the countries of the American continent and about twenty European nations.

The Venezuelan opposition, which does not recognize the new six-year term that Nicolás Maduro swore on January 10, when it considers the elections of May last as illegitimate, ensures that the country crosses acomplex humanitarian emergency"and asked for help from the international community to take care of it

The US Vice President, who attended Wednesday's meeting on Venezuela at the White House with Donald Trump, stressed that "Mature must leave", because "has no legitimacy to stay in power"

John BoltonTrump's national security adviser also said Wednesday about the protest in a tweet in which he accused Maduro of "to hide"Some protestors.

"The acting president, Mr. Guaidó, bravely leads the Venezuelan people in the streets, while Maduro hides in a military bunker somewhere, surrounded by his Cuban supervisors and his corrupt henchmen. Guaidó shows the courage of a leader, Maduro is only a cowardly autocrat"Said Bolton.

Not long ago, Bolton had claimed that Maduro can not trust or their environmentBecause, according to Washington, several personalities of Chavismo negotiated with the opposition and were about to break with the Venezuelan president.

"Maduro is surrounded by scorpions in bottles, and it's only a matter of time"Let them out," Bolton told reporters at the White House.

As for Pence, the Vice President did not want to badess what would happen if the protests did not change the status quo in Venezuela, but he recalled that the United States does not rule out intervention.

"We hope that there will be a peaceful transition of power to the duly elected government in Venezuela, but President (Donald) Trump made it clear that all options were on the table, "he said.

"Venezuela is a failed state, and failed states do not know borders, and what is happening in Venezuela affects the region and the United States, so we reserve all the options," he added.

In his brief statements, the US vice president did not mention the military uprising led by Guaidó on Tuesday and led by a group of soldiers in Caracas, who did not take enough strength to immediately oust Maduro.