Juan Guaidó

According to the interview, Pompeo has previously noted in the past that Maduro was ready to board a plane to Havana, under the United States' wishes, until the Russian government intervened.

Russia and Turkey are watching how the US handles the crisis.

Soldiers, reported to be from the National Guard, were seen on a bridge near the airport, their heavy-machine guns on an overpass and crates of bananas intermixed with belts of ammunition.

"We're all upset that we've got no power, no phone service, no water and they want to block us," said Rossmary Nascimiento, 45, a nutritionist at the Caracas rally. "I want a normal country."

Annika Hernroth-Rothstein, a Swedish Jewish journalist, is documenting Venezuela on the brink of revolution.

Trotta Gamus, 36, who is Jewish, is a lawyer, diplomat and human rights activist.

A formal announcement on reestablishing ties and opening a new Venezuelan embassy in Israel would come "at the proper time."

At the same time, the Trump administration is readying further possible sanctions on Venezuela, the official said.

"Guaido has the capacity and the legitimacy to organize an election," French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told France Inter radio station.

In a statement with the non-binding vote, the parliament urged the bloc's 28 governments to follow suit and consider Guaido "the only legitimate interim president."

President Nicolas Maduro, 56, is confronting an unprecedented challenge to his authority after Guaido declared himself interim president citing a fraudulent election.