Venezuela - Negotiations over elections, vaccines and diesel

Flexible and soft efforts to find pragmatic solutions to Venezuela's problems can force Maduro into tough decisions where he is likely to make costly political errors.

Last month I wrote about how the tone of the US policy debate on Venezuela had changed. In related developments, there have been two negotiation processes that have a different tone that what’s been seen in past years.

1. There are ongoing negotiations involving the Foro Civico over the composition of the CNE and the conditions for future elections. The civ…