Overview
- Dinorah Figuera arrived in Caracas Wednesday night and met face to face with a government team led by Jorge Rodríguez at La Carlota to start the first formal round of talks.
- Both sides agreed a three‑point agenda focused on immediate response to the June 24 earthquakes, reform of the Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) and reinstitutionalization of the Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ), and restoration of civil and political rights with a formal product due by December 2026.
- The U.S. Embassy and State Department have publicly welcomed and backed the process as part of a three‑phase U.S. plan that officials say aims to stabilize Venezuela, restore institutions, and culminate in elections.
- Key opposition figures including María Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia are not taking part in the talks, while Figuera’s delegation includes ex‑2015 legislators Marco Aurelio Quiñones, Ramón López, Jorge Millán, Juan Miguel Matheus and Sergio Vergara plus a four‑member support commission.
- Analysts and participants warn the talks will only produce credible change if they yield specific, time‑bound commitments, independent verification of reforms, and rapid humanitarian relief for thousands of earthquake victims whose needs are urgent.