In Venezuela, tensions between the government of President Nicolás Maduro and backers of opposition leader Juan Guaidó continued to mount over the weekend. Speaking at the U.N. Saturday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told countries to “pick a side,” and called on the U.N. Security Council to back self-declared interim President Guaidó. Meanwhile, European leaders said on Saturday Maduro should call for new elections within eight days, a demand that was swiftly rebuked by government officials and Maduro, who accused European leaders of “kneeling at Trump’s feet.”

Maduro scaled back a move to expel U.S. diplomats from the country, while in the U.S., Venezuela’s top military diplomat defected from his government and expressed support for Juan Guaidó. While Maduro asserted the Venezuelan military remains loyal to his leadership and is prepared for a potential armed conflict, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza appeared to resist any potential foreign attempts to start a war in Venezuela. This is Arreaza, speaking at the U.N. Saturday.

Jorge Arreaza: “Is he looking for a war in Latin America? Is Venezuela Donald Trump’s war trophy? We are not going to hand Donald Trump a war in Venezuela.”

We’ll have more on the situation in Venezuela after headlines with California Congressmember Ro Khanna.