Thank you Mr. McFarlan
Venezuela News and Views reports that second-in-command at the American Embassy in Venezuela, Stephen McFarlan, put a damper in last Sunday's demonstration:

The second in command of the embassy surprised every one by coming out real quick and defuse very amiably the situation. Actually, I am not sure that Chavez is going to be very pleased at how easy Mr. McFarlan got in good terms with the protest delegation he sent over...

Mr. McFarlan not only met amiably with the demonstrators, he also politely stated, "we offer all the peoples, and all countries, friendly relations, based on mutual respect, but we won't go begging, either".
I applaud his actions.