Biden Team Meets with Venezuela’s Socialist Opposition to Discuss Talks with MaduroFrances Martel 30 Jun 2022
The main opposition coalition in Venezuela, led by politicians associated with socialist parties, revealed this week that its leaders had met with a delegation sent by President Joe Biden to discuss alleged “negotiations” with socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro.
The coalition — which calls itself the Unitary Platform of Venezuela after Maduro banned its prior iteration, the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) — offered few details in a press release published Tuesday, spending most of its message attempting to justify talks with Maduro. Negotiations between Maduro and the opposition have been unpopular among the vast majority of Venezuelans for years, and polls consistently show that a majority of Venezuelans do not support the establishment, socialist opposition.
The American delegation appears to have met with Unitary Platform members after visiting Maduro. The United States does not recognize Maduro as the legal president of Venezuela as he lost that title in 2019 after the sham presidential “election” of 2018. The constitutional president of Venezuela is former lawmaker Juan Guaidó, but Guaidó has completely failed to exercise any of his powers as Maduro retains control of the military and law enforcement.
“On the occasion of the American delegation’s visit, we have held a meeting today to coordinate efforts aiming for the re-establishment of the negotiation process,” the Unitary Platform announced in its press release, referring to prior talks with the Maduro regime in Mexico, which resulted in no tangible agreements or changes in daily life in Venezuela.
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