Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado Regime’s “sudden interest” questioned Nicolás Maduro to resume dialogue with USAAs it happened this Wednesday.
,Why the sudden interest in resuming the dialogue now? I don’t know and I don’t want to speculate. Everyone has their own interpretations, the important thing is what comes out of it.“, expressed the former deputy in an interview with a Colombian newspaper Time,
The United States and Venezuela held a virtual first meeting this Wednesday, during which they committed to “work together to regain trust and improve relations” and “maintain communication in a respectful and constructive manner,” according to Caracas.
from March 2022, when a delegation white House Talks between the US and the Caribbean country, which visited Caracas to meet Maduro, have been intermittent and volatile.
One of the agreements that were reached Partial lifting of restrictions The Americans went to Venezuela last October, a reprieve that was reversed six months later, when Caracas did not comply with the agreement in Barbados.
Machado recalled the conversation, this Wednesday, to be precise Barbados between the executive and the Democratic Unitary Forum (PUD), the largest opposition bloc, from which an agreement on electoral guarantees was reached, and noted that “Who has systematically violated this process is the Maduro regime,
,There is the Barbados Agreement, which set up monitoring, verification and compliance mechanisms. On our part, we did everything and went much further.“The opposition leader said.
Machado also highlighted the importance of a serious dialogue with the Chavista leadership to ensure justice in Venezuela.
“The regime has realized that it is in its best interest to have a serious negotiation process where agreements are reached,” he said.
The opposition leader stressed that the regime of Nicolas Maduro is realizing the inevitability of change.
,I think this is a result of them realising that it can’t be stopped.“, he pointed.
Negotiations with the US – with which Maduro secured the release of his chief in December Alex Saab– He was frozen out after his last disagreement in April.
The United States insisted this Wednesday that it was ready to negotiate with Chavista regime with “good faith”, and reaffirmed the request that the presidential election “be held” on 28 JulyCompetitive and inclusive,
The White House, according to its spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre, said in a press conference, “is aware of this”. Democratic transition will not be easy and requires serious commitment,
Since March 2022, when a White House delegation traveled to Caracas to meet with Maduro, bilateral talks have been intermittent and volatile.
Although the Chavista dictatorship claims to have defeated a “criminal blockade,” almost every day it demands the lifting of the restrictions, which it usually calls “unilateral coercive measures,” and recently this request has also found place on banners in Caracas.
Democratic Unitary Forum (PUD) viewed the resumption of the dialogue process between the United States and Venezuela as positive, as differences “must be attempted to be resolved peacefully.”
According to the coalition’s executive secretary, Omar BarbozaThis opposition sector will not participate in the negotiations, as it is a bilateral process between the US and Venezuela, but – he said – a Coalition Negotiations Commission had been activated to “intervene in any place where it is possible to work for the normality of the process. For the respect of the electoral process and democratic guarantees.”
(With information from EFE)