Venezuela's government and opposition leaders have agreed to continue talks in the first step of Vatican-sponsored dialogue on defusing a political crisis amid calls to remove President Nicolas Maduro.
With the mediation of the Vatican and the Union of South American Nations, the two sides agreed on Monday after hours-long talks on an agenda that includes a new meeting next month.
"Whether this dialogue has or does not have continuity will depend on concrete gestures from the government," said Jesus Torrealba, executive secretary of the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD), the opposition group taking part in the talks.
"The opening of this dialogue doesn't mean by a long shot that the struggle will stop."
Torrealba suggested that the opposition could reconsider holding a planned protest on Thursday in front of the Miraflores presidential palace.
In a sign that it is apparently serious about the talks, the government released five opposition members on Monday night who had been imprisoned.
[aljazeera.com]
1/11/16
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With the mediation of the Vatican and the Union of South American Nations, the two sides agreed on Monday after hours-long talks on an agenda that includes a new meeting next month.
"Whether this dialogue has or does not have continuity will depend on concrete gestures from the government," said Jesus Torrealba, executive secretary of the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD), the opposition group taking part in the talks.
"The opening of this dialogue doesn't mean by a long shot that the struggle will stop."
Torrealba suggested that the opposition could reconsider holding a planned protest on Thursday in front of the Miraflores presidential palace.
In a sign that it is apparently serious about the talks, the government released five opposition members on Monday night who had been imprisoned.
[aljazeera.com]
1/11/16
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