Morning Star.png Vatican Announces Surprise Venezuela Peace Talks The Morning Star, London, 26 October 2016 Venezuela's government and opposition forces will hold talks this Sunday under the auspices of the Vatican and the Union of South American Nations. The surprise talks on the island of Margarita were announced on Monday evening as President Nicolas Maduro met Pope Francis in the Vatican. "It's important to have light, a lamp to guide us through this tunnel of a fight that we've entered," Mud opposition alliance general secretary Jesus Torrealba said prior to a meeting with Monsignor Emil Paul Tscherrig, whom the Pope dispatched in a bid to spark dialogue. "We're embarking on a process of struggle that will be complex and difficult," he added. The Holy See said that the Pope had urged President Maduro to courageously take the path of "sincere and constructive dialogue" to alleviate the suffering of the Venezuelan people, especially the poor. He urged him to promote a climate of renewed social cohesion that would allow everyone to look to the future with hope. The president thanked Pope Francis for helping to bring about dialogue "between the distinct factions of the opposition and the legitimate and Bolivarian government I preside over." In contrast, twice-defeated opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles said that this was a surprise to him, insisting that Mud had taken part in a meeting with Vatican representatives but had not agreed to talks. "What dialogue? In Venezuela a dialogue has not been initiated," he declared on his radio programme, contradicting other Mud leaders. Mr Capriles insisted that a "coup" had taken place and issued a renewed call for street protests to be organised today. Political tensions came to a head on Sunday when the Mud-controlled National Assembly tried to declare that the government had broken with constitutional order after authorities suspended a recall referendum against Mr Maduro due to a series of major irregularities committed by the opposition. The assembly demanded the president's impeachment, but its pronouncements carry no legal weight since it flouted a Supreme Court ruling by swearing in three deputies whose credentials were disputed because of fraud allegations. The court has ruled that, until it returns to legal compliance, its actions have no legal standing. From: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-aad7-Venezuela-Vatican-announces-surpri se-peace-talks#.WBAVPC19600 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 14338 (20161025) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/000601d22f45%24ba8409b0%242f8c1d10%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
