The “ambassador” of Guaidó in Brazil confirms the “cessation of his functions”

The venezuelan María Teresa Belandria, “ambassador” of the opposition Juan Guaido in Brazil since June 2019, confirmed the “cessation of his functions” this Tuesday, five days before the inauguration of the president-elect, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

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“In accordance with article 43, literal a, of the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations, this mission notified the receiving state, the Federative Republic of Brazil, of the cessation of its functions. It was an honor and a privilege to serve my country, ”Belandria wrote on her social media.

Belandria was appointed “ambassador” in mid-2019, shortly after the government of President Jair Bolsonaro, leader of the Brazilian far-right, recognized Guaidó as the “legitimate president” of Venezuela, after his self-proclamation in January of that same year.

During his stay in Brazil, he denounced the government of Nicolás Maduro as a “dictatorship” and cooperated with the Venezuelans who have migrated to the country, an estimated 300,000 of them in the last four years.

The decision to “cease” his duties had been taken since Lula’s victory in the October elections, who even before beating Bolsonaro at the polls had anticipated that, if he came to power, he would withdraw the representative’s diplomatic status. of Guaidó.

Lula has appointed diplomat Mauro Vieira as future Minister of Foreign Relations, who confirmed ten days ago that, on January 1, after the inauguration, Brazil will restore relations at all levels with the Venezuelan government.

According to Vieira, the first step will be to send a business manager to Caracas, in order to “reopen the embassy”, which was closed by Bolsonaro, and then “a new ambassador” will be appointed.

The future foreign minister clarified that diplomatic relations will be restored with “the government that was elected” by the Venezuelans, which “is that of Nicolás Maduro.”

Last week, faced with the new scenario dictated by Lula’s return to power, which he had already held between 2003 and 2010, Maduro made a first move towards normalizing relations and appointed Manuel Vicente Vadell as the next ambassador to Brazil, who had already served as consul of Venezuela in Sao Paulo.

Source: Elcomercio

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