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    Pence says US will up the ante as it seeks ouster of Venezuela's Maduro

    by Chris Kraul and Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times Feb 25, 2019 4 minutes

    BOGOTA, Colombia - Vice President Mike Pence promised Monday that the United States would continue to apply economic and diplomatic pressure to induce Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to leave his country, but did not rule out the eventual use of military force.

    Pence spoke in Bogota at a meeting of the Lima Group, a forum of 14 Latin American and Caribbean countries formed in 2017 to deal with the impacts of the Venezuelan crisis, including millions of displaced migrants. A majority of members have joined the United States in demanding that Maduro resign and make way for self-declared interim President Juan Guaido and new elections.

    "We hope for a peaceful resolution

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