FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks on human rights in Iran at the State Department in Washington, U.S., December 19, 2019. REUTERS/Erin Scott
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo denounced on Sunday a move by Venezuela's ruling Socialist party to install a new head of Congress after armed troops blocked opposition legislators, including their leader Juan Guaido, from entering parliament.
Pompeo also congratulated Guaido on being re-elected president of the National Assembly, given the illegitimacy of the Socialists' takeover, and said Washington continued to support him, the National Assembly and free and fair elections.
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