Robert Serra, a young “Chavista” ruling party lawmaker, died after being stabbed in his home in Caracas in an “intentional homicide,” government officials said, in Venezuela's latest high-profile violent crime.
The United States is to start a dialogue with Venezuela aimed at restoring their respective ambassadors, US Secretary of State John Kerry has said. He was speaking after Venezuela freed and deported a US filmmaker who had been held on conspiracy charges. Mr Kerry welcomed Timothy Tracy's release as a “positive development”.