Mexico Hosts Venezuela Dialogue

Guest:


Diego Seguera of Mision Verdad. Diego is a writer, journalist,
political analyst and researcher. He is a co-founder of Mision
Verdad, as well, as a fellow with the Samuel Robinson Institute.
Both organizations are based in Caracas, Venezuela.


Background:


On August 5th, Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
announced that Mexico will host talks between representatives of
Venezuela's elected government and members of the Venezuelan
opposition in its capital this month with Norway serving as
mediator. "It has been proposed that Mexico be the place to carry
out these negotiations and we accept because what we are looking
for is that there is dialogue and agreements between both
parties. In talks between the government of Venezuela and the
opposition, hopefully, an agreement will be reached," Lopez
Obrador said at a press conference. Although he declined to say
exactly when the talks will take place, they are expected to
begin on August 13.


In July, Venezuela president Nicolas Maduro announced that he was
willing to start a dialogue between the government and the
opposition with National Assembly president Jorge Rodriguez and
Hector Rodriguez governor of the State of Miranda representing
him in the meeting. The mediation will be held ahead of regional
and local elections in Venezuela on November 21. This follows
failed negotiation attempts in 2019 that were held in Norway and
Barbados 


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