Mediators push for 'national dialogue' to calm Venezuela crisis

Foreign mediators trying to bring crisis-hit Venezuela back from the abyss announced Thursday a bid to get embattled President Nicolas Maduro's government and the opposition to sit down for talks. "It is a long, hard and difficult path," Zapatero admitted, urging support from the international community. The initiative is taking place under a national state of emergency ordered by Maduro but rejected by the opposition-controlled congress.