Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro applauds as he attends a pro-government rally with workers in Caracas, Venezuela March 18, 2017. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS
MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of 14 nations urged Venezuela on Thursday to hold elections and release "political prisoners," in a joint statement that kept open the option of seeking to suspend the South American country from the Organization of American States.
The statement, which Mexico's Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said was aimed at encouraging Venezuela to "re-establish democracy," called for dialogue and negotiation to resolve a crisis in the oil-exporting country, which is suffering severe food and fuel shortages.
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