Maduro's Shadow Looms Over Venezuela's Fragile Transition Talks The US backed negotiations between Venezuela's interim government and a faction of the opposition have begun, but the absence of Nobel laureate Maria Corina Machado casts a long shadow over these fragile talks.
For years, the international community has sought to bring stability to crisis ridden Venezuela, and it appears that Washington is determined to shape the outcome.
The exclusion of Machado, a vocal critic of President Nicolas Maduro's regime, raises more questions than answers.