Maduro ally makes rare appearance at Venezuela business group assembly


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  • Wednesday, 21 Jul 2021

FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodriguez speaks during a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela, April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan business chamber Fedecamaras on Tuesday received Vice President Delcy Rodriguez for the opening of its annual assembly, a sign of easing tensions between business leaders and the socialist government following decades of bitter rivalry.

A 2002 coup against late socialist leader Hugo Chavez briefly installed a Fedecamaras chief as Venezuela's de facto president. The group for years said business was crippled by indiscriminate expropriations and price controls carried out by the ruling Socialist Party.

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