The Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro has published a message on his account on the social network Twitter about the negotiations that are taking place in Norway: «Norway, #GoodNews! After months of secret talks to resume the path of dialogue, we are advancing in a very positive way along the paths of peace, “he indicated after receiving the first report on said conversations between the Chavista regime and the democratic opposition.” We are optimistic. We believe in peace, we believe in dialogue, we believe in national harmony. That is the way. A single path: peace, dialogue, based on the Constitution, “he asserted. The first contacts in the Norwegian capital took place in mid-May in a context of maximum discretion between Maduro’s trusted emissaries and the self-proclaimed” president. manager ”, Juan Guaidó. Then they did not speak directly, but through Norwegian mediators, and the result was to show their willingness to continue talking.The Government of Venezuela and the opposition held a second meeting in Norway this Wednesday, a positive sign, since it comes after Maduro has brought forward the elections to the National Assembly, initially scheduled for 2020, by one year. Parliament is the only institution in opposition hands. The Government delegation was led by the Vice Minister of Communication, Jorge Rodríguez, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jorge Arreaza, and the governor of the state of Miranda, Héctor Rodríguez.Six years of sterile dialogue The government and the Venezuelan opposition have staged numerous dialogues in the six years that have elapsed since the death of Hugo Chávez, during which the political crisis has only worsened as a humanitarian crisis developed and broke out. unprecedented in the Caribbean nation. The first table of talks emerged in 2014, after the massive protests that shook the streets of Caracas that year, leaving 43 dead, as well as the arrest and conviction of opposition leader Leopoldo López for inciting Maduro then proposed to the opposition to initiate a dialogue with the mediation of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) and the Vatican to end the violence and promote the reconciliation of Venezuelan society, starting with its political leaders. then “errors” in his government but refused to undertake the democratic reforms demanded by the Mesa de Unidad Demo crática (MUD) to address the electoral processes of the following years on an equal footing – the legislative processes of 2015 and the presidential ones of 2019, as highlights -. Thus, the Conference for Peace remained in the inaugural photograph and the talks were suspended a year after starting. The process was a blow to the MUD because of the differences between its leaders regarding their participation in the process.
