Pence Calls for Further Isolation of Venezuela's Maduro

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence told regional leaders on Saturday that more must be done to isolate Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. In a plenary session at the Summit of the Americas in Lima, Peru, Pence called for Maduro to allow humanitarian aid to reach Venezuelans facing food and medicine shortages amid a severe economic crisis.

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Picture: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Credit: Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images.