US secretary Pompeo calls for countries to disconnect financial ties with Maduro regime

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday said he hoped countries who have expressed support for Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido also disconnect their financial system from the regime of President Nicolas Maduro, who Washington is urging to step down. "We hope that each and every nation will join us in recognizing interim President Juan Guaido," Pompeo told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting at the United Nations on Venezuela. "We hope too that each of those nations will ensure that they disconnect their financial systems from the Maduro regime and allow assets that belong to the Venezuelan people to go to the rightful governors of that state," he said.