U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley called on Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro to step down on Tuesday, calling the elections scheduled for May 20 a "sham." She noted that Venezuelan migrants are causing a crisis in Latin America similar to the crisis of Syrian migrants in Europe, and that Venezuela's "implosion" represents a threat to Latin America.

"The systematic oppression of the Venezuelan people has become an active threat to the entire region," Haley declared at a conference on Latin America at the State Department. "For the safety and the security of all people in Latin America, it is time for Maduro to go."

Haley powerfully backed up this call for regime change by referencing the current state of affairs in Venezuela and the surrounding region, and the ideological divide in the region....