In Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro has called for talks with the opposition amid massive ongoing antigovernment demonstrations. On Thursday and Friday, at least a dozen people died during violent antigovernment street protests. Both government forces and armed opposition members have been responsible for deaths during demonstrations in recent weeks. Critics of President Maduro accuse him of plunging the country into an economic crisis. Defenders of the government blame falling oil prices and an ongoing U.S.-supported destabilization campaign against the leftist Venezuelan government.