The Venezuelan opposition will resume the dialogue with delegates of President Nicolás Maduro, announced on Sunday the parliamentary leader Juan Guaidó, indicating that the new attempt will take place on the Caribbean island of Barbados on an unspecified date.
We address the country and the international community in order to announce that, in response to the mediation of the Kingdom of Norway (…), we will attend a meeting with representatives of the usurper regime in Barbados, to establish a negotiation to find a way out from the dictatorship,”
said Guaidó in a statement.
Recognized as interim president by more than 50 countries, the opposition leader insisted that the talks seek to pave the way for “the cessation of the usurpation” and a transitional government that calls for “free elections and international observation.”
Approaches in Oslo to resolve the political and socio-economic crisis in the oil country froze on June 29th after Guaidó denounced the murder of Corvette captain Rafael Acosta Arévalo, arrested after being linked in a supposed plan of magnicide.
On June 27th, Maduro said that the dialogue with the opposition “will continue” and promised to advance “in verifiable agreements” for “the peace of Venezuela.”
During the traditional parade of July 5th to celebrate the independence of Venezuela, Maduro said that this week there will be “good news” about the negotiations that took place in May in Norway.
Sectors of the opposition are critical of the dialogue, they believe Maduro is just “buying more time.” However, Guaidó asked his followers not to give in to “intrigues” by assuring that the main motivation of the dialogue is “to put an end to the suffering of Venezuelans.”
The opposition leader also said that they will receive in Caracas the special representative of the European Union for Venezuela, Enrique Iglesias, “as part of the international offensive” against Maduro.