Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro made
a surprise visit on Monday to Pope Francis, who urged the embattled leader to
alleviate people's suffering and negotiate with the opposition to solve his
country's crisis. The private, evening meeting took place
in the framework of the "worrying" situation in Venezuela which was
"weighing heavily on the entire population", a Vatican statement
said. It said the pope had urged Maduro to "courageously take up the path
of sincere and constructive dialogue to alleviate the suffering of the people,
most of all the poor, and to promote a climate of renewed social cohesion,
which will allow people to look to the future of the nation with hope". More…
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