Venezuela's opposition warily welcomed on Tuesday the government's release of four jailed activists, agreeing to delay a symbolic trial in Congress to void President Nicolas Maduro's authority and to scrap a protest march set for later this week.
The moves were a response to the Vatican's efforts to avert bloodshed and dampen acrimony in the oil-rich South American country. Talks that began on Sunday under its tutelage aim to defuse a crisis exacerbated by the socialist government's derailing of a referendum to recall the highly unpopular Maduro.
