President Nicolas Maduro The Catholic bishops of Venezuela have called on the government of President Nicolas Maduro to set a date for elections as the nation continues to sink into economic disaster.
Following a plenary meeting of the hierarchy, the bishops issued a pastoral exhortation, ‘Jesus Christ, the Light and the Way for Venezuela’, in which they state that “the country requires a plan for elections, just as was agreed upon during the round-table discussions [with opposition figures]. “A great darkness covers our country. We are going through dramatic situations: the serious shortage of medicine and food. Never before had we seen our brothers rummaging through garbage in search of food!”
In a plenary meeting reportedly dominated by the unfolding crisis, the bishops discussed numerous aspects to Venezuela’s woes, including the failure of the government to comply with agreements reached during Church-mediated talks last October.