Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is reaching out for talks with the opposition following a weekend of continued protests. To date, at least 11 people have been killed in violence following the shooting of three protesters on Feb. 12.

Opposition leader Henry Capriles, who lost to Maduro in the election to fill the presidential vacancy left by the death of Hugo Chavez, has agreed to meet with Maduro today.

"We don't want confrontation, we want solutions," Capriles is quoted as saying by Bloomberg. "The government of Nicolas Maduro that we are seeing is a historic error, but we can't get out of this mistake by making another one."

Discussions are likely to be centered around curbing the rampant crime and violence gripping the country, as well as the economy's spiraling inflation and shortages on common necessary goods. Additionally, the release of Leopoldo Lopez, the opposition leader jailed by the government and blamed by Maduro for the recent outbreaks of violence, is most likely going to be a part of negotiations.

Saturday's demonstrations in the Venezuelan capital were reported to be the largest yet against the administration of Maduro, which has been in power for less than a year now.

In an interesting turn of events, it was Capriles who led demonstrations on the streets of Caracas on Saturday. With Lopez's wife, Lilian Tintori, at his side Capriles called for unification among the opponents of Maduro's administration.

"We may have our differences, but there's something bigger than us all that unites us, which is Venezuela, damn it!" Capriles said, according AP reports.

Capriles was himself arrested and kept for four months in the same prison which now holds Lopez. In the past he has criticized Lopez for his penchant of taking to the streets. Though united in opposition to Maduro, Lopez and Capriles are members of different political parties.

The world weighs in on Venezuela

The governments of neighboring Latin American countries have been silent for the most part on the recent situation in Venezuela.

"Venezuela is a very influential country because of its oil," Raul Benitezof Mexico's UNAM University told the Wall Street Journal. "A lot of countries are afraid the Venezuelans will cut off their oil."

However, Chilean President Sebastion Pinera was a notable exception. "The Chilean government categorically condemns the violence and deeply regrets the deaths that have caused violence in Venezuela ," Pinera said in a statement.

"Chile respects self-determination of peoples. However, all countries that have signed the American Convention on Human Rights, known as the Pact of San Jose, or who have signed the Protocol of Unasur, on the commitment to democracy, we are committed to promote, defend and protect democracy, the rule of law, fundamental freedoms, including freedom of expression, freedom of information, freedom of opinion and freedom of demonstration."

However, not all Chileans are in accord with Pinera. Demonstrations have taken place in Santiago both supporting and opposing the Maduro administration in Venezuela.

U.S. President Barack Obama also referenced the ongoing situation during a press conference following the meeting of the leaders of the U.S., Mexico and Canada in Toluca this week.

"In Venezuela, rather than trying to distract from its own failings by making up false accusations against diplomats from the United States, the government ought to focus on addressing the legitimate grievances of the Venezuelan people," Obama said. "So, along with the Organization of American States, we call on the Venezuelan government to release protestors that it's detained and engage in real dialogue. And all parties have an obligation to work together to restrain violence and restore calm."

Maduro has responded harshly to the critics from outside Venezuela, telling Pinera not to interfere, and accusing the United State of trying to inflate tensions in his country toward a civil war.

The social media sphere has lit up with calls for peace in Venezuela, following what opposition members have said is a black out of popular social media sites within the country itself. Venezuelans living in other countries have also staged rallies in support of the opposition back in their home country.

(Video created by an individual Venezuelan living in the U.S., not a newscast.)