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La Conversa | Ricardo Ríos: “Diálogo generates high expectations, but also skepticism”

Ricardo Ríos, president of consultancy Poder y Estrategia, analyzes the recent dialogue between the Venezuelan government and a sector of the opposition, noting skepticism due to past failed negotiations but high expectations because of U.S.

Dialogue between government and opposition sector is viewed with skepticism due to past failed negotiations, but U.S. mediation raises expectations.

Opposition representatives in the dialogue, such as Dinorah Figuera, lack popularity and credibility.

Primero Justicia and Voluntad Popular are seen as likely beneficiaries of the dialogue.

María Corina Machado leads electoral preference with 28%, while Delcy Rodríguez has only 3%.

AI-assisted synthesis anchored to a real VeraVadis-analyzed source. Reviewed and approved by a human editor on 2026-08-12. Archive piece: published under our earlier method. It does not carry the per-claim evidence chain — who reported it first and who is echoing whom — that our current pieces carry. The source link and the date are the original ones.