EU-backed group gathers to discuss ‘good faith’ plan for Venezuela
The International Contact Group has adopted a hands-off approach to solving the country’s collapse under Maduro’s presidency
Montevideo — European and Latin American leaders were due to gather on Thursday in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo to discuss a plan to solve the deepening crisis in Venezuela, but will steer clear of direct intervention. The EU-backed group, known as the International Contact Group on Venezuela, will hold its inaugural meeting on Thursday, laying out a more hands-off approach that is at odds with calls by the US and Latin American powers for more intervention. The gathering comes on the heels of a separate meeting of the harder-line Lima Group in Canada, which called for international action against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to pressure him to step down. Venezuela’s collapse under Maduro, with the country plunged into poverty and driving about 3-million people to flee abroad, has forced nations worldwide to take a stance, particularly after opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself president in January. Major EU nations have joined the US, Canada and a group of L...
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