Pence will announce measures against Venezuela during a meeting in Bogotá

According to the Venezuelan president, Nicolás MaduroUS Vice President Mike Pence plans to announce new measures against the country in a speech Monday in Bogota, according to a US administration official. The measures announced by Pence could include forms of economic or diplomatic pressure exerted by the United States, added a second charge. No charges provided details.

The Secretary of State, Michael PompeoHe had also previously stated on CNN that it was possible that more sanctions would be applied to Venezuela, although he did not detail the measures being considered by the United States, while regional leaders are preparing to meet in Colombia.

The announcement of Pence will take place more than a month after the recognition of the United States Juan Guaidó as interim president of Venezuela. For its part, Maduro did not cede power, even when the Trump administration practically prevented its regime from exporting oil to the United States by imposing sanctions on the national oil giant Petróleos de Venezuela SA.

While the Trump government is considering additional measures, Pence wants to reaffirm US support for Guaidó and ask Maduro to step down. When Pence arrives in Bogotá on Monday, he should meet Guaidó and the Colombian President Iván Duque. He will make statements to the Lima group and meet families who fled Venezuela during the Maduro regime.

Maduro showed his true face in preventing the entry of international aid into the country over the weekend, according to one of the administration's accusations. The United States will not give in to try to help Venezuela, and these efforts will continue, according to the accusations. Just hours after the failure of attempts to bring humanitarian aid to Venezuela, the country's opposition and US allies have suggested a stronger multilateral measure against Maduro .

In a press release published Saturday night, Pompeo said that Guaidó and the Venezuelan people were an "inspiration for the world" and urged Maduro to allow humanitarian aid to enter the country. While Guaidó "is developing distribution networks for humanitarian aid, Maduro blocks his entry and sends gangs of armed criminals to attack the innocent civilians accompanying the convoys," Pompeo said in a statement.