In First, President Pena Nieto Meets with Venezuelan Opposition Activist El Universal
go to original April 8, 2017

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (L) with Lilian Tintori, wife of imprisoned Venezuelan leader Leopoldo Lopez, during a private meeting in Mexico City (Enrique Peña Nieto/Twitter)

Update: Mexican President Pledges to Help Venezuelan Democracy After Meeting With Political Prisoner’s Family (PanAm Post)

Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto received a leading Venezuelan opposition activist for the first time, in a policy shift that reflects Mexico's increasing assertiveness against the government of Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro.

Peña Nieto's meeting with Lilian Tintori, wife of jailed opposition leader Leopoldo López, and Antonieta Mendoza de López, mother to Leopoldo López, in the Mexican capital follows statements by the Mexican government demanding that democracy is "re-established" in Venezuela, where elections have been postponed.

"We trust that, via an agreement between all sides, it will be the Venezuelans who re-establish the democratic order," Peña Nieto said via Twitter late on Thursday after the meeting.

The position reflects deep concern about the humanitarian crisis of food and medicine shortages in Venezuela, as well as the Supreme Court's short-lived decision last week to take over the powers of the country's opposition-controlled Congress.

It is also seen by diplomats as helping support ties between Mexico and the government of U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Related: Venezuelan Foreign Minister Rejects Interference by Foreign Governments (Prensa Latina)

Related: In Venezuela Power Play, Another Opposition Leader Is Sidelined By Dubious Accusations (The Los Angeles Times)

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