Jair Bolsonaro lifts Brazil entry ban on Nicolas Maduro and can attend dictator Lula da Silva’s inauguration

Government of Jair Bolsonaro Brazil lifts entry ban on Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro; And, in this way, he can participate in the investment Silva Lula On Sunday. According to Brazilian media reports, after insistence by the incoming cabinet, the executive issued a decree lifting the ban on the Chavista leader from setting foot on Brazilian soil.

Place OUOL It revealed that Lula had already given up on the possibility of having Venezuela at the ceremony. Maduro will land in Brasilia this Sunday To attend the President’s swearing-in ceremony under heavy security.

However, diplomatic sources have pointed out that OUOL For security reasons,Not insured” They are considering a trip by Maduro, sending a delegation led by the vice president.

Veto the presence of the Venezuelan dictator in Brazil Available since 2019While the then Minister of Justice, Sergio MoroA few months after Bolsonaro took power, he signed a decree banning the entry of a hundred Venezuelan citizens into the country.

Maduro is among the international leaders Lula has added to a long list of guests for his next inauguration celebration, which the outgoing president will not attend. Jair Bolsonaro.

Upon Lula’s return to the Planalto Palace, Brazil’s relationship with Venezuela will change drasticallySince the opposition will no longer be recognized as the head of the Venezuelan state Juan Quito and the messenger whom he appointed, Maria Teresa Belandreawho participated in Bolsonaro’s campaign and had already left the country after the election results.

The newly elected government wants to resume relations with Venezuela, as other countries in the region, such as Colombia, have already done. At his inauguration, Lula called for all South American countries to meet in the capital in a symbolic gesture to restart the process of national integration.

Jair Bolsonaro, meanwhile, will travel to the United States later this year and not attend Lula da Silva’s inauguration.

The fact that is being criticized in Brazil recalls a recent similar situation in the Latin American region: on December 10, 2015, the President of Argentina Christina Kirchner It refused to hand over the institutional attributes of the first magistracy Maurizio MacriHe won the election and defeated the candidate of the then Govt.

Bolsonaro, who will step down as head of the country on December 31, plans to fly from Brazil to Orlando this Friday without first lady Michelle Bolsonaro, according to local media reports.

Yet the president will travel with several advisers to the presidency, who have been appointed as Bolsonaro’s staff when his term ends, as the media have learned. OUOL.

According to this decision, there will be no traditional procedure of presenting the former president’s sari to the person who will be sworn in as president, as Lula da Silva will take office last Sunday, January 1 afternoon.

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