The meeting, in which he will once again see himself face to face with the Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduroseals the return of Brazil to the leadership of regional diplomacy and aims to relaunch the Unasur as an organization to channel the interests of the governments of South America.
Lula da Silva’s proposal began to take shape with the re-entry of Brazil to Unasur – it had left the bloc by decision of the executive of Jair Bolsonaro– and found an immediate partner: the Argentina by Alberto Fernandez.
As part of this recomposition of the spectrum of South American governments, Brasilia resumed diplomatic relations with Venezuela and, yesterday, Maduro arrived in the Brazilian capital to participate in the retreat.
Lula da Silva does not hide his expectation
“Good day. Today we will receive the presidents of South America in Brasilia. 12 neighboring countries, sharing cultural ties and challenges, discussing forms of joint action. I am sure that our union will be fundamental so that we can improve the lives of the people of our countries, ”wrote President Lula da Silva on his Twitter account.
On March 10, 2020 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay (MRREE) announced his withdrawal from Unasur, after the majority of members also did so.
President Lacalle Pou is skeptical of the functioning of this type of organism and, the energy of this government at the regional level goes through maintaining the demand for a modernization of the mother body, the mercosura request that does not find an echo in any of the partners.
In addition to the aforementioned leaders, they will attend the Itamaraty Palace, Luis Arceof bolivian; gabriel boricof Chili; Gustavo Petroof Colombia; William Lassoof Ecuador; irfaan aliof guyana; Mario Abdo Benitezof Paraguayan; and chan santokhiof Surinam.
Source: Ambito
