Venezuela Govt, Opposition Wrap up Round of Post-Maduro Talks
Negotiators made earthquake recovery the first agenda item as the U.S.-backed talks entered their ninth round in a decade, officials said.
- On August 6, Venezuelan National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez and opposition leader Dinorah Figuera launched U.S.-backed political negotiations in Caracas, marking the ninth attempt at dialogue between government and opposition in roughly a decade.
- While eight previous negotiation rounds failed to produce lasting democratic openings, this session marks the first carried out with Washington's open, active backing following the January 3 military operation that seized Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.
- Negotiators prioritized recovery from twin June 24 earthquakes that devastated La Guaira and Caracas, causing over $19.6 billion in damage and leaving more than 6,100 dead, according to Venezuelan officials.
- Figuera outlined an institutional timeline reinstating political protections by October, reconstituting the Supreme Court by November, and rebuilding the National Electoral Council by December, with extension decisions expected after August 12.
- Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado remains on the sidelines, though the Plataforma Unitaria Democrática coalition and parties including Voluntad Popular and Primero Justicia are quietly backing the dialogue effort.
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Delegations closed the first cycle of consensus dialogues to renew the Court and release funds and allocate them to earthquake victims
The parties agree on the initiation of judicial reform and a second round of talks will take place at a later stage.
El Mundo
El ComercioThe Chavismo and opposition of Venezuela agreed this Wednesday to renew all the judges that make up the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), indicated to serve the government,...
El Periódico
The "rodriguismo" and a sector of the opposition sponsored by the United States, agreed to put an end to one of the pillars of the overthrown government of Nicolás Maduro. The dialogue table of which Jorge Rodríguez is part, the current authority of the National Assembly (AN) and Dinorah Figuera, who had held the same position until 2020, agreed the total renewal of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ). They also agreed to reform the organic law o…
After a week of talks in Caracas, the two sides also declared that they would join together to request that funds frozen in the United Kingdom be recovered because of sanctions against the country under the presidency of Nicolas Maduro.
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