UN General Assembly President Advocates Dialogue in Venezuela

United Nations: The President of the UN General Assembly, Maria Fernanda Espinosa, advocates this Thursday for a constructive dialogue in Venezuela to contribute to an understanding and impact on the welfare of the population, Prensa Latina reports.

According to Espinosa's spokeswoman, Monica Grayley, she has had several meetings with world leaders, such as those from the Caribbean Community, to foster these negotiations.

The United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, also insists on the need for dialogue and maintains his offer of good offices for it, but the Venezuelan opposition rejects any type of initiative in this sense.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro denounced last Tuesday an attempted coup d'etat with external support, led by the self-proclaimed President in charge, Juan Guaido, near the La Carlota air base in Caracas.

A small group of members of the Bolivarian National Armed Force -about 100- led an uprising attempt in the early hours of Tuesday, with the participation of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez.

Many of the military involved in the incident later showed repentance and said they had been pressured and deceived, according to press reports.

The Venezuelan ambassador to the UN, Samuel Moncada, made the complaint to the accredited press in the multilateral organization and rejected the support this action received from the United States, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Panama and Paraguay.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump, on his Twitter, expressed his support for the attempted coup d'etat in Venezuela and asked the military to join the action.

Such signs of meddling in a country's internal affairs are rejected by a group of more than 60 U.N. member states, which have joined together in defense of sovereignty and the U.N. Charter.