La crisis de Venezuela se cuela en la gira de Pence por América Latina. Mike Pence (d) y Juan Manuel Santos (i) se estrechan la mano en Cartagena, Colombia. EFE/Presidencia de Colombia

On Sunday, U.S. Vice President, Mike Pence, said in Cartagena de Indias that his country will not be with arms crossed in the face of the situation in Venezuela, while Colombian President, Juan Manuel Santos, asked him to rule out a military intervention in the neighboring nation.

“Venezuela is sliding into the dictatorship,” and “America will not stand still” while it is collapsing, Pence said as he began his first tour in Latin America.

According to the Vice President, the Venezuelan crisis is “unacceptable”, so he said that his country has “many options” and “confidence that working with the Latin American allies” will find a solution.

In his turn, the Colombian president told the U.S. Vice President that “the possibility of military intervention in Venezuela should not be considered.”

“The pressure on the regime” of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro “must be maintained and increased,” as it was pointed out in the Declaration of Lima by 12 American countries this week.

On Sunday, Mike Pence started a tour in Cartagena that will take him in addittion to Colombia, to Argentina, Chile and Panama.

From Cartagena, Claudia Polancia from EFE Agency. (August 14, 2017, EFE/Practica Español)