Pompeo Shores up Support of Venezuela’s Neighbors to Pressure Maduro’s Regime

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks at Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo speaking during a press conference at the Boa Vista Air Base in Roraima, Brazil, on Sept. 18, 2020. Bruno Mancinelle/Pool via AP

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shored up the support of  Venezuela’s neighbors during a visit Sept. 17-20, to pressure Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro to resign.

Pompeo’s visit to Guyana, Brazil, and Colombia comes as international efforts to advance democratic change in the country that appear to have stalled recently.