Pence calls for new Venezuela elections to replace Delcy Rodriguez

Former Vice President Mike Pence said on Sunday that acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez “is not the right leader” for the South American country, instead calling for new elections to find her replacement.

Pence appeared on CNN’s State of the Union almost three weeks after the U.S. Army’s Delta Force captured former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores in Caracas. Rodriguez, who was Maduro’s vice president, was sworn in shortly after as acting president.

“Delcy Rodriguez is not the right leader for Venezuela going forward,” Pence said. “I think it should be the objective of the United States to move forward as quickly as possible to restore basic liberties, to restore free market principles. Do that through free and fair elections.”

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