Violent protests continue against the government of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro, despite him having agreed to hold talks with the opposition.
Anti-government demonstrators clashed with the National Guard in the capital Caracas on Friday.
Maduro has agreed to hold talks with the opposition in the presence of an outside facilitator after weeks of unrest in the country.
The announcement was made on Thursday after two days of talks between foreign ministers of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), government officials, human rights groups, and student protesters.
Maduro said he would look forward to having UNASUR elect a “group of foreign ministers that could be witnesses and sit down” and talk with the opposition. He added that he was open to international observers.
The demonstrations erupted on February 4th in the western border city of San Cristobal and quickly spread to Caracas. At least 37 people have been killed in clashes with security forces since the start of the unrest.
Caracas says the protests are part of a US plot to topple the Venezuelan government.
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