Nicolás Maduro arrived in Brazil at approximately 8:30 p.m. on a plane belonging to the state airline Conviasa, a company sanctioned by the United States.
The ruler Nicolás Maduro arrived this Sunday, May 28, at the airport of the Military Air Base in the city of Brasilia, in the context of his official visit to the Federative Republic of Brazil and his participation in the Meeting of Presidents of the countries of South America. South.
Maduro’s departure to Brazil It is his first visit since 2015 when he attended the inauguration of former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.
It also responds to the reestablishment of bilateral alliances between the two countries after Luiz Inácio “Lula” Da Silva won the presidential elections and, since he took power on January 1st.
“We have the will to work hard for the strengthening of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as for the economic and social development of our peoples,” Maduro said through his account on the social network Twitter.
Maduro arrived in Brazil at approximately 8:30 p.m. on a plane belonging to the state airline Conviasa, a company sanctioned by the United States. He arrived accompanied by his wife Cilia Flores, and they were received by diplomat Gisela Padovan, secretary for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, among other officials.
«I appreciate the warm welcome with which we were received in Brasilia, capital of the Federative Republic of Brazil. In the next few hours we will be developing a diplomatic agenda that reinforces the necessary union of the peoples of our continent. Stay tuned!” the ruler wrote on Twitter.
On May 19, Venezuela and Brazil reviewed their cooperation agreements and evaluated new proposals. In this regard, the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for Latin America in the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry, Rander Peña, specified that bilateral cooperation includes 700 agreements, including political and economic alliances.
The presence of Maduro in Brazil was not allowed since August 2019, when an ordinance issued by then-President Jair Bolsonaro prohibited their entry into the country and other representatives of the Maduro administration, according to the newspaper O´Globo.
Maduro will participate in the Meeting of Presidents of the South American countries, scheduled for this Tuesday, May 30, which seeks to resume cooperation and dialogue in the region, as reported by the Ministry of Communication and Information.
Presidents of at least 10 South American nations are expected to attend the Summit.
#Last minute | In the company of the first combatant @CiliaFloresPresident @NicolasMaduro is received with honors in Brasilia, capital of the Federative Republic of Brazil. pic.twitter.com/SpVBCum8Ms
– Presidential Press (@PresidencialVen) May 29, 2023
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