Eight Latin American countries want to continue the dialogue in Venezuela

Eight Latin American countries urged the national government and the Venezuelan opposition to keep the dialogue started last October 30 at the current situation in the country. The governments of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay and Uruguay issued a joint statement in which "encourage continued dialogue with concrete results" and "end the difficult situation being experienced by Venezuela" . The statement, released by the Argentina Foreign Ministry, said that for the Government and the opposition, which opened this week dialogues sponsored by the Vatican and the Union of South American Nations, "find solutions urgently to the Venezuelan people." "Therefore we reiterate our call to stay on the path of dialogue and manage wisely the language, achieving overcome the polarization in Venezuelan society is. This will make decisions that will fully benefit the country. " The eight Latin American countries argued that valued "the important support of the Vatican and the presidents" -the Colombian Ernesto Samper, the Spanish Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the Dominican Leonel Fernandez and Martin Torrijos of Panama and maintain their willingness to cooperate "in what is required ". "We recognize the positive signs in recent days as the release of some prisoners, we expect to accelerate and increase the number of beneficiaries of this measure, as well as the suspension of marches by the opposition to give opportunity to dialogue. Keeping this will in these moments is crucial for the country ", they said. Finally, they requested "Venezuelan society give reasonable time for dialogue to give the expected results while respecting the rule of law and the popular will expressed in the constitutional framework.