The Brazilian government will publish this Friday an ordinance that would revoke the ban on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from stepping on Brazilian soil, following the insistence of the incoming cabinet, as reported by the newspaper ‘O Globo’.
Maduro would thus land in Brasilia this Sunday to attend the inauguration of President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, which is being held on January 1 under an extensive security apparatus.
However, diplomatic sources have indicated to the news portal UOL that for security reasons «a trip by Maduro is not assured», although they are considering sending a delegation headed by the Vice-Presidency.
The veto on the presence of the Venezuelan leader in Brazil has existed since 2019, when the then Minister of Justice, Sérgio Moro, months after Bolsonaro assumed power, signed a decree prohibiting the entry into the country of a hundred Venezuelan citizens.
The Venezuelan president is one of the international leaders that Lula has included in the long list of guests for the celebration of his upcoming inauguration, which will not be attended by the outgoing president, Jair Bolsonaro.
With Lula’s return to the Planalto Palace, Brazil’s relationship with Venezuela will change drastically, since it will no longer recognize as head of the Venezuelan state the oppositionist Juan Guaidó and the ambassador he appointed, Maria Teresa Belandria, a participant in Bolsonaro’s campaign and who already left the country by decision after the election results.
The newly elected government intends to resume relations with Venezuela, as other countries in the region, such as Colombia, have already done. Lula’s intention in his inauguration is that all South American countries will meet in the capital in a symbolic gesture of the resumption of the national integration process.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
