Maduro slams arrogance of 'fool' Pence at UN

CARACAS: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday said an "arrogant" US Vice President Mike Pence had made "a fool of himself" by calling on the UN to recognize Maduro's rival.

Maduro said in a televised speech that he had seen Pence "making a fool of himself in the United Nations Security Council" earlier Wednesday with his call on the body to recognize Juan Guaido as the country's president.

"I cannot understand his arrogance and self-importance, his racial supremacism," Maduro said.