Political dialogue is a lost art in Venezuela and the Vatican’s intervention won’t help
For the uninitiated, it is difficult to understand what’s wresting Venezuela apart. For the past year, a convoluted political confrontation – the product of the hardening and mutually exclusive interests held by the government of president Nicolas Maduro and the political opposition – has been roiling on.
With tensions so high and angry, hungry citizens struggling to get by, the Vatican recently launched mesas de discusion, mediated discussions between the two sides.
Given the myriad, deep-set and long-held conflicts facing this country that make dialogue nearly impossible, I fear the proposed talks will make little progress.
A country on the edgeSome of Venezuela’s problems are well reported.… Seguir leyendo »