4 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. We start with the political turmoil playing out in venezuela. The nations military attache in washington says he no longer supports the president nicolas maduro. He told cnn hes now backing Opposition Leader juan gaudio. He says gaudios road map includes transparent elections. It is not just the people in venezuela that are picking sides, nations around the world also doing the same thing. Here is a look at some that are backing gaudio, including the United States, the eu and much of latin america. Here is who is still backing maduro. Russia, cuba, turkey, and china. The u. N. Security council debated the venezuelan leadership crisis at a special meeting on saturday. The u. S. Called on other nations to join in standing behind the Opposition Leader. Several european nations indicated they would if maduro failed to call new elections by next week. Here is cnns Michelle Kosinski with more. Reporter we heard some tough messages on the floor of the u. N.
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next week. here is cnn s michelle kosinski with more. reporter: we heard some tough messages on the floor of the u.n. security council. this was a special session on venezuela. called by the united states. secretary of state mike pompeo went there to tri to get other countries on board, to supporting the opposition leader, juan guadio as the legitimate leader of venezuela. he said he would have liked to have seen some kind of presidential statement come out of the security council. at least supporting the people of venezuela, supporting democracy, but he said even that could not happen because russia and china blocked it. and that was indicative of the kind of statements we heard. while pompeo was saying the time for games is over, either you re on our side and supporting democracy or you re on maduro s side and supporting mayhem, while russia and venezuela accuse the u.s. of orchestrating a coup in venezuela. on the ground there, the u.s.
has kept its embassy open, but pulled out all but essential staffers. and pompeo warned venezuela that it needs to keep those diplomats safe. listen. i want to be 100% clear. president trump and i fully expect that our diplomats will continue to receive protections provided under the vienna convention. do not test the united states on our resolve to protect our own people. we hope that the international community will support the people of venezuela and the transitional government led by juan guadio. you have the united states and a number of other countries supporting guadio and the united states has flat out said that maduro has no legitimate power. there are several european countries including the uk, france, germany, and spain who have given venezuela eight days to hold free and fair elections. and if that doesn t happen, they say they will also view guadio