Maduro congratulates Lula da Silva and assures that paths are being opened for the South American union

The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, congratulated Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who this Sunday began his third term as president of Brazil, and assured that paths are being opened for the union of the countries of South America.

“I gladly congratulate the inauguration of our comrade Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as President of Brazil. A new liberating wave runs through the great homeland, opening paths of geopolitical advancement for South American union projects, ”said Maduro on his account on the social network Twitter.

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The president of the Venezuelan Parliament, Jorge Rodríguez, attended today the act of inauguration of Lula on behalf of the Venezuelan Government, after the new president of Brazil announced that he would restore diplomatic relations, broken four years ago, with the Caribbean country.

As part of this announcement, last Friday, the Brazilian government annulled a decree that prevented Maduro and other Venezuelan officials from entering the country.

The ban on both Maduro and a hundred government officials from entering the country had been issued by the outgoing president, the far-right Jair Bolsonaro, who since 2019 has recognized the opposition Juan Guaidó as the “legitimate president” of Venezuela.

Lula, who maintained a very close friendship with the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and who has similar ties to Maduro, had already announced that, once he took office, he would restore relations with Venezuela at all levels.

During his inauguration ceremony, in a massive ceremony, the Brazilian president reinforced his firm commitment to combat inequalities of all kinds that divide the population and “delay” the development of his country.

Source: Elcomercio

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