The US government wants to have information that the Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro is said to have agreed to leave. But Russia has convinced him to stay, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told CNN.

"It's been a long time since anyone saw Maduro," Pompeo explained. As he understands, he was ready to go this morning, but the Russians told him to stay. "

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US Secretary of State Pompeo: "Long time someone saw Maduro"

In Venezuela, self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaidó had drawn some soldiers to his side on Tuesday and called on the rest of the armed forces to join him. The US has long held the opposition for the legitimate power in Venezuela and seek to move forces in the powerful military to move away from President Maduro.

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Many EU countries and Latin American countries have also recognized Guaidó as the rightful transitional chief of state, while Russia, China, Turkey and the left governments in Cuba, Nicaragua and Bolivia continue to be loyal to Maduro. The head of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Russian Federation Council, Konstantin Kosachev, warned against external intervention. There were forces that sought only a pretext for a violent intervention.

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Meanwhile, many countries in the region have called on the South American country's armed forces to support its appointed interim president Guaidó. "We renew our call on the military to express its loyalty to interim President Juan Guaidó in his constitutional capacity as Commander-in-Chief," a statement by the so-called Lima Group from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala said , Honduras, Panama, Paraguay and Peru. "It should stop being an instrument of the illegitimate regime to oppress the Venezuelan people."

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Interim President Guaidó thanks an insurgent soldier

Foreign Minister Pompeo said in the CNN interview that senior officials of the Venezuelan government had told the US in recent weeks that they would turn away in the event of a Maduro uprising. That has not happened yet. In the evening, US National Security Advisor John Bolton called leading members of the Maduro government to join Guaidó. Padrino had after the call Guaidós initially put behind the Maduro government.

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Repeatedly asking whether the US government would ensure Maduro's security if he fled to Cuba, Pompeo did not reply directly. He only said that the Venezuelan president knows the expectations of the US.

US President Donald Trump called Cuba via Twitter to stop supporting the Venezuelan president. Otherwise, a comprehensive embargo and sanctions on Cuba would be imposed, Trump wrote.