U.S. State Department officials have voiced full support for Venezuela’s political reconciliation talks, which resumed for a third round on Oct. 14 in Caracas.
Representatives from Venezuela’s interim government, led by current National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez, and opposition representatives from Venezuela’s 2015 National Assembly, led by its president, Dinorah Figuera, held two rounds of political reconciliation talks in August and September. The 2015 National Assembly was the last democratically elected legislative body recognized by the international community.
State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott told NTD, The Epoch Times’s sister media outlet, on Oct. 14 that the reconciliation talks have led to “concrete steps” being taken toward “real reforms.” The steps have included rebuilding an independent supreme court in Venezuela, restoring access to blocked websites, and reforming repressive laws used to target political opponents under former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s regime….