Progress in Venezuela talks, but protests continue

By Washington Examiner

Published April 17, 2014 2:40am ET

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Progress in Venezuela talks, but protests continue — Anti-government protesters carry a cross covered with photos of government officials and supporters under the Spanish word "Traitors" at a demonstration during Holy Week in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. The opposition wants President Nicolas Maduro's government to free jailed opponents and create an independent truth commission to determine responsibility for deaths tied to protests that have rocked the nation since February. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) | Ramon Espinosa

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Negotiators for the government and the opposition have agreed to broaden membership in a truth commission that is to investigate who is to blame for 41 deaths tied to weeks of political unrest in Venezuela.

Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin, who is one of the outside facilitators in the talks, on Wednesday called the step a sign of “progress” in the effort to calm Venezuela’s political unrest.

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