CARACAS: Venezuelan opposition leader Dinorah Figuera told AFP on Friday she is traveling to the United States for meetings, a day after returning from years in exile to initiate dialogue with Venezuela\u2019s interim government.<\/p>\n
The former parliamentarian, who has Washington\u2019s backing to promote a democratic transition agenda following the fall of authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro, arrived in Venezuela unexpectedly on Thursday and met with the president of the National Assembly.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to Miami precisely to evaluate everything that follows. I have many meetings,\u201d Figuera told AFP in WhatsApp audio messages, while not specifying with whom she would meet.<\/p>\n
Thursday\u2019s meeting in Venezuela between National Assembly chief Jorge Rodriguez and Figuera, who returned to Caracas after eight years of exile, \u201cis a first step in what will be a thoughtful process to secure a free and open Venezuelan society,\u201d State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Former president Nicolas Maduro was captured in January during a US military raid and arrested on drug trafficking charges, and the Venezuelan government has since been led by his vice president, Delcy Rodriguez, on an interim basis.<\/p>\n
Upon her return to Venezuela, Figuera sought to distance herself from opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado, who has recently launched her own initiative to negotiate a Venezuelan democratic transition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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