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| Venezuelan Opposition Suspends Talks with Govt. over Arrests |
| 2014-05-14 |
| [An Nahar] Venezuela's opposition said Tuesday it has suspended working group-level talks with the government because of mass arrests of student protesters last week. "These actions show that the government does not want dialogue, when it has been asked several times to stop this very aggressive position," said Juan Jose Medina, the coordinator of the opposition delegation. "We're convinced that they are creating a climate that is not conducive to talks," he said. Medina said the meetings of government-opposition working groups were suspended on Monday. The opposition coalition, which goes by the acronym MUD, also was mulling whether to take part in higher level talks Thursday with the government under auspices of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) and the Vatican, he said. More than 200 people were tossed in the slammer Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! in police raids last week on encampments of protesters in Caracas, a focus of the street demonstrations against the government of President Nicolas Maduro. |
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