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Venezuela rivals seek to ease political crisis

CARACAS, Nov 1 (APP/AFP): Venezuela’s embattled government and opposition leaders agreed Monday to hold talks to defuse a growing political crisis, but mistrust lingers after an attempt to recall the president was scuttled. With the mediation of the Vatican and the Union of South American Nations, the two sides agreed after hours-long talks which ended before dawn on an agenda that includes a new meeting next month. But opponents of socialist President Nicolas Maduro remained wary while the opposition itself is divided over the strategy, with some groups refusing to sit down with the government.