Watch Video: What’s making newsThe talks would also be aimed at fostering dialogue between Venezuela’s government and opposition, Kerry said. Venezuela and the United States have repeatedly gone through periods of diplomatic fighting followed by generally short-lived eras of reconciliation. Venezuela’s opposition accuses the election council of stalling the recall at the behest of Maduro by arbitrarily changing criteria for requesting a recall vote. The good mood soured within months when the United States criticized the sentence handed to opposition leader Lopez. His comments to the 34 members of the main diplomatic body of the Americas marked the strongest show of support yet from the United States for the disputed referendum process.

Source: Indian Express June 14, 2016 21:11 UTC