POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT The head of the Venezuelan government delegation, Jorge Rodriguez, speaks to the press outside the hotel where the negotiations between Venezuelan government and the opposition are taking place in Mexico City on Sept. 4, 2021. AFP PHOTO
POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT The head of the Venezuelan government delegation, Jorge Rodriguez, speaks to the press outside the hotel where the negotiations between Venezuelan government and the opposition are taking place in Mexico City on Sept. 4, 2021. AFP PHOTO


MEXICO CITY, MEXICO: A top Venezuelan official signaled on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) that talks between the government and the opposition aimed at resolving the country's long-standing political crisis have yielded "partial agreements."

The opposition is hoping to use the talks being held in Mexico City to secure guarantees of free and fair regional elections to be held in the fall while the government of Nicolás Maduro wants to ease international sanctions on his economically crippled nation.

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