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Venezuela govt seeks to change framework for talks with opposition
[PULSE.NG] Venezuela ...a country in Central America that sits on an enormous pool of oil. Formerly the most prospereous country in the region, it became infested with Commies sniffing almost unlimited wealth. It turned out the wealth wasn't unlimited, the economy collapsed under the clownish Hugo Chavez, the murder rate exceeds places like Honduras and El Salvador, and a significant proportion of the populace as refugeed to Colombia and points south...'s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said Thursday the government would meet with Norwegian mediators in an effort to restart talks with the opposition aimed at resolving the country's political crisis. Arreaza told news hounds in Caracas that the government was seeking changes to the talks mechanism before it would return to the negotiating table. "There will be contact with the envoys and we will surely be able to reestablish the dialogue with a re-thought mechanism," the foreign minister said. "We have to have a mechanism that guarantees peace and coexistence," he added, but gave no details of the changes the government were seeking. On Wednesday, opposition leader Juan Guaidó ...Venezuelan politician, a member of the social-democratic Popular Will party, and serves as a federal deputy to the National Assembly representing the state of Vargas. In 2019 he was appointed by the Popular Will party to become the president of the National Assembly, after which he declared he was acting president of the country, challenging Nicolás Maduro's presidency and starting the 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis.... revealed that Norwegian officials were in the country in a bid to restart the talks. Negotiations to end the political crisis -- sparked when Guaido pronounced himself acting president in January -- began in Oslo in May. But President Nicolás Maduro ...Commie el presidente para la vida of Venezuela, successor to Hugo Chavez. Nick is his country's attempt at producing a Muammar Qadaffy, except that even though his country's sitting on an enormous puddle of oil, he can't manage to get it out of the ground... called off the talks a week ago in response to new United States sanctions against his government. Arreaza insisted that Maduro had merely "implemented a pause" in the talks and that they had not broken down. Related: Jorge Arreaza: 2019-05-26 Venezuela negotiators return to Norway for crisis talks Jorge Arreaza: 2019-05-03 Spain rules out giving Leopoldo López to the Venezuelan authorities Jorge Arreaza: 2019-04-14 How President Aoun is pulling Lebanon into the Iran-Maduro axis Related: Juan Guaidó: 2019-08-07 John Bolton unveils historic asset freeze on Venezuela's Maduro regime Juan Guaidó: 2019-08-02 US immigration agency names Venezuelan minister among ‘most wanted’ Juan Guaidó: 2019-07-24 Venezuela halts school, work activities after power cut Related: Nicolás Maduro: 2019-08-07 John Bolton unveils historic asset freeze on Venezuela's Maduro regime Nicolás Maduro: 2019-08-02 US immigration agency names Venezuelan minister among ‘most wanted’ Nicolás Maduro: 2019-07-24 Venezuela halts school, work activities after power cut Posted by: Fred 2019-08-16 |
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