Venezuela rejects Chilean offer to broker talks with opposition

The Venezuelan government Tuesday rejected an offer from Chile to help resume talks between the ruling socialist party and the conservative opposition, whose ties were battered by last year's protests. The offer by Chilean Foreign Minister Heraldo Munoz was rejected as intervention in Venezuela's domestic affairs, Venezuela's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. The ministry called on Munoz "to refrain from offering his opinions on Venezuela's internal affairs" and asked for an official explanation of the matter via Chile's embassy in Caracas. More…