Venezuela opposition set terms for talks with president

In a letter addressed to the Unasur delegation, the umbrella opposition group Table for Democratic Unity (MUD) said it was "willing to hold a true dialogue, with a clear agenda, equal conditions [for both sides] and the first meeting of which will be transmitted live on national radio and television channels". MUD Executive Secretary Ramon Guillermo Aveledo said the opposition said the presence of an independent arbiter would also be "indispensable to guarantee, facilitate and, if necessary, mediate"….Mr Aveledo also welcomed offers made last month by Unasur and the Vatican to act as observers. But he complained that the government had not yet extended an official invitation to a Vatican representative, whose presence he said would be "essential". More…