Pence to offer 'carrots' to Venezuela military, warnings to judges
WASHINGTON - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is set on Tuesday to offer new incentives to Venezuela's military to turn against President Nicolas Maduro, responding to an attempted uprising that fizzled out last week, a senior administration official told Reuters.
Pence's speech will be the first look at the Trump administration's recalibrated strategy following massive street protests last week led by Juan Guaido, the opposition leader backed by the United States and most other Western countries. Although Guaido's attempted uprising failed to immediately dislodge Maduro, it exposed new fissures within the country, the official said.
"They sat back in the barracks and they're there, but they don't want to be identified as the institutional source of repression," the official said. Pence is also set to outline new assistance for Venezuelans who have fled the oil-rich OPEC member, which has been plagued by hyperinflation and shortages of food, water, power and medicine - and a"Day One" economic assistance plan for Venezuela contingent on Maduro's departure, the official added.
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