Chancellor of Paraguay, after his meeting with Mike Pompeo on Venezuela: "With dictators, there is no dialogue"

The Secretary of State North America, Mike Pompeo, met in Paraguay the president Mario Abdo Benítez and with his chancellor, Luis Alberto Castiglioni.

At the meeting, they spoke about the crisis in Venezuela and promised to continue their efforts to restore democracy in the Caribbean country.

"With dictators there is no dialogue"Castiglioni told the press with Pompeo at the end of the meeting."Paraguay's position remains firm with respect to Venezuela. Tyrants and dictators are fought"he said.

"We must fight for the fundamental freedoms of Venezuelans to be restored," he added.

"We see an opportunity to badociate with true democracies, we share our values, our goals and our aspirations. We see Paraguay as a partner"Pompeo told local media, who arrived in Asunción from Chile last night during a tour of South America to talk about the situation in Venezuela.

In his references to Venezuela, Pompeo said that the return of democracy in the country requires a "team work"and referred to the work of the Lima group in the"defense of democracy"

"It is not only the vision of the United States or Paraguay, of other countries of the world to defend and recognize together the President of the Constituent Assembly, Juan Guaidó, as the right (President of the Venezuela), "he added after meeting Abdo Benitez at the government palace.

Pompeo also condemned the regime of Nicolás Maduro and insisted that the United States remain "in defense of democracy in this country (Venezuela) and in this people".