2023-05-30 01:57:05
He had not set foot in Brazil for eight years. After being treated as an outcast by the former far-right Brazilian head of state, Jair Bolsonaro, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is making his first official visit to Brasilia since 2015, and intends to renew ties between the two nations.
“Today is the beginning of a new era in relations between our countries, between our peoples”, Mr. Maduro said, Monday, May 29; he arrived on Sunday evening May 28 in the Brazilian capital. The socialist leader must participate on Tuesday in a summit which will bring together South American heads of state.
“Venezuela has always been an exceptional partner for [notre pays]. But due to the political situation and mistakes made, [M. Maduro] spent eight years without coming to Brazil”Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said after a face-to-face meeting with his counterpart. “It’s the return of Maduro” on the South American scene, added the leftist president of Brazil, for whom the resumption of relations between the two countries is a moment “historical”.
Lula’s criticisms of Europe
These relations were non-existent under the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro between 2019 and 2023, who described the Venezuelan socialist regime as “dictatorship” and had recognized as interim president the opponent Juan Guaido, as well as about fifty countries, including the United States and several European nations.
“How could a continent which has lived democracy so fully by creating the European Union have been able to accept the idea that an impostor is President [du Venezuela] only because he didn’t like the one who had been elected? »asked Lula on Monday.
During his first stint as President of Brazil (2003-2010), the former metalworker had close ties with Hugo Chavez, Nicolas Maduro’s predecessor and mentor.
Tuesday’s summit in Brasilia aims to “restart the dialogue” between South American countries, to find “a common vision” in areas such as health, infrastructure, energy, the environment and the fight against organized crime.
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