Other South American Presidents They will also join Lula and Maduro at a regional summit in Brazil, including the presidents of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname and Uruguay.

“The main purpose of this meeting is to renew dialogue with the countries of South America, which has been severely curtailed in recent years and is a priority for the Lula government. we know what is differences in vision And ideological differencesbetween countries, but Lula wants to resume this dialogue with countries on the basis of common denominators– said Gisela Padovan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil.

According to the Brazilian government, leaders Venezuela And Brazil they will have one private meetingwhich will later be joined by the ministers of both governments, where it is non-negotiable bilateral affairsthey will also analyze the “process internal dialogue in Venezuela, due to elections 2024.

Maduro last visited Brasilia in 2015 when Dilma Rousseff was the President of Brazil, who later became fired in 2016 for allegedly tax violationsand his place was taken by a conservative Michelle Fearchilled relations with Venezuela.