Venezuela's Maduro calls US VP Pence a 'poisonous viper'
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday called US Vice President Mike Pence a "viper" and vowed to defeat what he called Washington's attempts to force him from power.
Pence, who arrived in Ecuador on Wednesday as part of a tour of South America, is seeking to boost regional pressure on Venezuela following Maduro's reelection in May in a vote that the United States said was fraudulent.
"Every time the poisonous viper Mike Pence opens his mouth, I feel stronger," the socialist leader said in a televised speech. "We have defeated you and we are going to defeat (you) wherever you are."
