The leader of the Art of Living in Latin America justified Ravi Shankar's "mediation" in Venezuela: "He does not support any political position"

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was entertained for two hours with President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady, Cilia Flores, at Miraflores Palace. Now, the leader of the Art de Vivre wants to talk with the self-proclaimed "president in charge," Juan Guaidó – backed by the Lima group, the United States, and the European Union – and other leaders of the opposition so that the "dialogue for peace" in Venezuela.

The President has already accepted Ravi Shankar as mediator with all the opposite political referents. The "peace mission" that the founder of the organization put on his shoulder will not be easy. So he estimated it Beatriz Goyoaga, coordinator of the foundation for Latin America, in dialogue with TN.com.ar. Guaidó has already accumulated six months to demand the "cessation of theft", but Maduro has only proposed early parliamentary elections.

Ravi Shankar was not scared by the challenge of bringing together a politically divided and socially disjointed country. He also wore on his shoulders the mediation -with other humanitarian references- between the government of Juan Manuel Santos and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) which ended on September 26, 2016 with the signing of the peace agreement.

The first thing Goyoaga clarified before this medium was that "Ravi Shankar was not hired by the government but he went to Venezuela to carry out the peace mission. "

"Ravi Shankar's visit had already served because Maduro had agreed to reopen the dialogue with the opposition"In a nutshell, negotiations between the parties had begun some time ago in Oslo, the capital of Norway, although it is also true that the negotiations have accelerated after the recent talks in Barbados.

Opposition leaders continue to blame Maduro for the Venezuelan political, economic and social crisis, with hundreds of people killed in protests. However, according to the coordinator of The Art of Living, Ravi Shankar "will not give his opinion on the issue because his mission is to be a non-partisan peace broker".

"Ravi Shankar works with the principle of non-violence created by Mahatma Gandhi in India. As well as the union of rabbis and imams in the Middle East and the government and the FARC in Colombia. The teacher wants to make the connection between Maduro and Guaidó and the other leaders of Venezuela. "In the end, he was optimistic about the future of the process:" This step was useful because the dialogue was suspended. "

The Art of Living is not a novelty in Venezuela. Completely the opposite. More than a thousand people received the "master" upon his arrival in Caracas. Pierina Mariño, representative of the foundation, added before: "He's always set to help in all places where peace is needed." He is now placed at the command of Maduro and Guaidó, but he does not support any position. policy. "