MEXICO CITY, Aug 13 ― Venezuelan government and opposition members will begin meetings in Mexico City today to seek elusive consensus on how to overcome the economic and social crises gripping the country, Mexico's Foreign Ministry said in a statement yesterday. The official confirmation came...
MEXICO CITY, Aug 13 ― Venezuelan government and opposition members will begin meetings in Mexico City today to seek elusive consensus on how to overcome the economic and social crises gripping the country, Mexico's Foreign Ministry said in a statement yesterday.
For its part, the opposition in the oil-producing South American country wants Maduro to release dozens of people it considers political prisoners and provide guarantees its candidates can run in regional elections due in November. It has also requested that humanitarian aid, such as Covid-19 vaccines, be allowed in.
“Conditions in Venezuela are simply not there for upcoming talks to provide a 'big bang' moment that will dislodge from the presidential palace and immediately restore democracy,” Maryhen Jimenez, an academic at the Latin American Centre at the University of Oxford, wrote in Americas Quarterly. Washington has signaled willingness to ease sanctions if Maduro shows signs of serious negotiation with the opposition.
Maduro's position has been shored up by support from Russia and China, and the sources close to the talks said Russian delegates would be present at the Mexico City talks.
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