Given his virtuoso performance as a power broker who helped
thaw a half-a-century-old conflict between Cuba and the U.S., the audience Pope
Francis has granted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro this coming Sunday has
aroused hopes the Argentinian pope can instill a sense of normalcy to
Venezuela's political life. "Pope
Francis would perform his first miracle if he can work out a meaningful
dialogue between the government and the opposition," says Xabier
Coscojuela, editor of the newspaper Tal Cual in Venezuela. I called him to find
out what his expectations were for the upcoming audience. "Perhaps he
could make Maduro set an official date for the parliamentary elections this
year to keep up with the constitutional mandate. That," adds Coscojuela,
"would be a great leap forward." More…
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