Venezuela opposition leader Machado says she will not take part in US-backed talks

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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado announced she will not participate in US-backed talks with the interim government led by Delcy Rodriguez. The opposition group, including Machado and Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, has rejected involvement in designing or operating these dialogues ahead of Venezuela's 2024 elections.

Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize laureate and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Sunday she will not take part in US-backed talks with the de facto government of Delcy Rodriguez that are scheduled for August. In a statement co-signed by Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who ran for president in Venezuela’s 2024 elections, Machado said the opposition would “not participate” in the “design, development and operation” of the talks. In mid-July, Rodriguez’s interim government and a group of former...