Jorge Arreaza took to Twitter to say: “It’s URGENT! For the future of all humanity, Donald Trump, Mike Pence, and company must go!” Mr Arreaza comments come in the wake of Mike Pence’s article in the Miami Herald where he said the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro “must go”. Mr Pence wrote on Friday: “Early yesterday morning in Venezuela, armed members of Nicolas Maduro’s secret intelligence force broke into the homes of government officials connected to the only legitimate president of Venezuela, Juan Guaido.
“Maduro’s thugs threatened their lives and those of their family members, and they brutally kidnapped Roberto Marrero, President Guaido’s Chief of Staff.
“Even now, Mr Marrero is being held against his will in an undisclosed location.”
Mr Pence added: “Maduro’s corruption and socialist policies have turned what once was one of the richest countries in the Western Hemisphere into one of the poorest.
“Venezuela’s economy has shrunk by nearly half.
“Nine out of 10 Venezuelans live in poverty.”
In January Juan Guaidó declared himself the legitimate president of Venezuela with the backing of the US.
Mr Trump’s administration called on Mr Maduro to step down and seized billions of dollars’ worth of Venezuela’s oil assets.
Mr Pence continued to add: “Since day one of this administration, President Trump has taken decisive action to isolate the dictator Maduro and to stand with the Venezuelan people as they reclaim their freedom.
“We’ve revoked hundreds of Venezuelan visas – including top officials in Maduro’s inner circle and their relatives, who have undermined Venezuela’s democracy and prolonged the crisis.
“Earlier this week, the United States also placed sanctions on Minerven, Venezuela’s state-owned gold-mining company.
“And as President Trump said on Tuesday, the United States can be “a lot tougher if we need to.”
“And rest assured, more is on the way.”