Venezuelan ruling party members attend meeting of dissenters in Colombia

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A delegation of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) traveled to Colombia on Thursday to attend the second meeting of opposition Polo Democrático Alternativo (PDA) party, which will be held in Bogotá.

The Venezuelan delegation is composed of the president of the Foreign Affairs Committee, National Assembly, legislator Roy Daza, and legislator Nohely Pocaterra, both representing the PSUV, reported state-run news agency ABN.

During the event, 1,500 delegates will meet in different committees to address issues related to ideology of unity, party statutes, electoral politics, politics of peace, government platforms and analysis of current political situation, foreign policy, domestic and international economic crisis, social movements, governance in the region, the financial situation of the party, code of ethics, as well as specific proposals.

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