The Trump administration wants Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro out of office and on Friday America stepped up its efforts to make that happen sooner rather than later. Pence announced America would be stepping up efforts to force Maduro from office by imposing new sanctions on his nation's oil shipments. Pence bashed the island nation's leaders as the 'real imperialists' in the Western Hemisphere, adding: 'The time has come to liberate Venezuela from Cuba.' We want to see action,' said Miguel Eljuri, a Venezuelan living in Houston who also once worked for PDVSA. Maria Gonzalez, an economist who listened to the speech, welcomed tougher action, adding her mother in Venezuela lacks water, power and basic supplies.

Source: Daily Mail April 06, 2019 19:57 UTC