Vice President Mike PenceMichael (Mike) Richard PenceButtigieg, husband meet with Jimmy Carter, sit in on Sunday school class Strong economy bolsters Trump heading into 2020 ‘Game of Thrones’ producer says actor yelled ‘Mike Pence’ while shooting battle scenes MORE is reportedly set to outline new incentives the U.S. will offer members of Venezuela’s military who side with Juan Guaidó, the country’s self-declared interim leader.
A senior Trump administration official told Reuters that Pence will address the Americas Society at the State Department later Tuesday, where the vice president will outline what the official called “carrots” with which the administration plans to entice Venezuelan military officials.
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“He’ll be showing where the opportunities lay if people do the right thing moving forward,” the official told Reuters.
Many of the military officials remaining loyal to Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s official president, remain at bases but have been loathe to appear as an oppressive force supporting the government, according to the official.
“They sat back in the barracks and they’re there, but they don’t want to be identified as the institutional source of repression,” said the official, according to Reuters.
Pence’s speech will come after the so-called “final phase” of Guaidó’s plan to oust Maduro, which began last week, failed to inspire military uprisings with the strength the interim president hoped would be necessary to remove Maduro from power.
The U.S. has backed Guaidó’s interim government, and has urged Maduro’s forces to begin a peaceful transition of power. Maduro, meanwhile, has vowed to hold on to power even as the Trump administration seeks to freeze its assets and aide the opposition forces.
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“We’re preparing those for him so that when the situation arises, we’re not flatfooted,” he said. “The president has his full range of Article 2 authorities and I’m very confident that any action we took in Venezuela would be lawful.”
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