There must be dialogue between Venezuela’s government and the opposition, the country’s newly named cardinal said yesterday.
Archbishop Baltazar Porras of Merida, who has long been critical of the socialist government, has begun talks with both sides in an attempt to bring them together to help solve Venezuela’s economic crisis. The opposition had requested the Vatican’s mediation, but the government has yet to agree to it.
Yesterday the opposition's petition to hold a referendum to oust President Nicolas Maduro was suspended by the country's electoral council. They alleged that their had been electoral fraud.
