Nicolás Maduro assures Lula that in the second semester there will be elections in Venezuela. The date of the elections has become a crucial issue within the latest steps reached in the negotiations between the Venezuelan Government and the opposition.
Maduro has asked CELAC and also the United Nations Organization to send their observation missions, despite the fact that days ago he expelled the teams from the High Commissioner's office of Human Rights. Lula Da Silva has been a mediator in the latest diplomatic crossings between Venezuela and its Guyana neighbor through the Essequibo.