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Former President Jimmy Carter renewed efforts to mediate Venezuela’s political crisis Monday as violence surged again between supporters and opponents of President Hugo Chavez.
Gunfire during a protest march left one dead and 15 wounded, officials said.
Miranda state Gov. Enrique Mendoza, a Chavez opponent, said Chavez supporters attacked an opposition march in Charavalle, about 20 miles south of Caracas, on the 50th day of a strike against Chavez.
Carter was meeting with Chavez, opposition figures and Cesar Gaviria, secretary general of the Organization of American States. Gaviria has tried since November to mediate an electoral solution to Venezuela’s crisis. Carter was participating in a negotiating session Monday.
