Bogotá | Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's "days in power are about to end" because of growing international and domestic pressure on his "mafioso" government and increasing desertions by his military troops, according to Colombian President Ivan Duque.

"Maduro is facing his last days, whether that's one month or two, or one week, or one day," Duque said in an interview at a military base in Bogotá. He said Maduro's power had declined precipitously in recent weeks. "Nobody has seen Maduro weaker," the Colombian leader said.