Venezuela govt, opposition hold US-backed talks on democratic transition
US officials said the talks aim to set electoral rules and a credible National Electoral Council for a democratic transition.
- Members of Venezuela's interim government met with opposition leaders on Thursday to discuss a "roadmap for a dialogue on a democratic transition," the US State Department said.
- Former opposition lawmaker Dinorah Figuera returned to Caracas on Thursday after eight years of exile, having fled in 2018 following "threats and harassment" for her Justice First party work.
- Figuera met with Venezuelan Parliament President Jorge Rodriguez at the National Assembly on Thursday to discuss her capacity representing opposition lawmakers from the 2015-2020 term.
- Upon her return, Figuera sought to distance herself from opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who recently launched her own initiative to negotiate a Venezuelan democratic transition.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio said earlier this month that Washington desires "free and fair multi-party elections," while the US embassy in Caracas confirmed Figuera met with officials to discuss democratic transition paths.
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Opposition woman Dinorah Figuera, president of the 2015 National Assembly, surprised Venezuelans by emerging as the interlocutor who has the backing of the United States government to negotiate with the Delcy Rodríguez regime the rules that will define the democratic transition of the country in the absence of María Corina Machado. The surprise arises because nothing and no one had foreseen the sudden appearance of Congresswoman Figuera, who was…
US-backed opposition figure Figuera returns to Venezuela to negotiate a 'credible' electoral body
Opposition figure Dinorah Figuera, president of the National Assembly elected in 2015 and exiled in Spain for nearly eight years, returned to Venezuela on Thursday at the invitation of the US State Department to negotiate a 'credible' electoral authority with Delcy Rodríguez's interim government. The return is part of Washington's plan for a democratic transition in the country.
The United States sat this Thursday at a negotiating table to the opposition parliament of 2015, which defends its continuity, and the current Chavista Legislative Assembly in an attempt to accelerate the transition in Venezuela after almost six months of the capture of the now deposed President Nicolás Maduro. In a decision that surprised several sectors and left aside the leadership of María Corina Machado, who profiled herself as the main neg…
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