The inauguration of Lula could count on the presence of Maduro, according to media

MADRID, 30 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Government of Brazil will publish this Friday an ordinance that would revoke the ban on the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, from stepping on Brazilian soil, after 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 held on January 1 under extensive security.

However, diplomatic sources have indicated to the UOL news portal that a trip by Maduro "is not guaranteed" for security reasons, although they are considering sending a delegation headed by the Vice Presidency.

The veto on the presence of the Venezuelan president in Brazil has existed since 2019, when the then Minister of Justice, Sérgio Moro, months after Bolsonaro assumed power, signed a decree that prohibits the entry into the country of a hundred Venezuelan citizens.

The president of Venezuela is one of the international leaders that Lula has included in the long list of guests for the celebration of his next inauguration, which the outgoing president, Jair Bolsonaro, will not attend.

With Lula's return to the Planalto Palace, Brazil's relationship with Venezuela will change drastically, since opposition figure Juan Guaidó and the ambassador he appointed, Maria Teresa Belandria, a participant in the Bolsonaro's campaign and who already left the country by decision after the election result.

The newly elected government intends to resume relations with Venezuela, just as other countries in the region, such as Colombia, have already done. Lula's intention in taking office is for all the countries of South America to meet in the capital in a symbolic gesture of the resumption of the national integration process.