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| Venezuela Asks Vatican Official to Witness Crisis Talks |
| 2014-04-10 |
| [An Nahar] Venezuela said Wednesday it had formally invited the Vatican's secretary of state to be a "good faith witness" to talks on ending two months of deadly anti-government protests. President Nicolas Maduro and opposition coalition representatives had agreed the night before to the talks, which are tentatively set to begin Thursday under the oversight of UNASUR, a regional South American grouping, and the Vatican. "We want to convey the invitation of President Nicolas Maduro to His Holiness, Pope Francis," for the Vatican official, Pietro Parolin, to act "as a good faith witness," said a letter sent by Venezuela's foreign minister. Among the conditions set by the two sides for the talks was the presence of witnesses, including Parolin, who until about six months ago was the Vatican's envoy to Venezuela. Since early February, 39 people have died and 600 people have been maimed in festivities between security forces and protesters angered by soaring crime, high inflation and shortages of basics such as toilet paper, which they blame on Maduro's socialist government. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 I thought that commie's were atheist. |
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