Venezuelan opposition reveals contact with Maduro government The speaker of the Venezuelan parliament, Henry Ramos Allup, revealed Tuesday that he had spoken by phone with Vice President Aristobulo Isturiz, in what could be a sign of rapprochement between the opposition and the ruling party. Earlier the opposition-controlled National Assembly suspended its session, with Ramos Allup declaring before a nearly empty chamber that the legislative body lacked a quorum. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES