Venezuelan Ambassador returns to Brazil after being called for consultations
He Venezuelan ambassador to Brazil, Manuel Vadell, He will return to Brasilia “in the next few hours”, two weeks after being called for consultations in the midst of diplomatic tensions between both countries.
Vadell himself announced his return to Brasilia in a video published by the X account of the Venezuelan embassy in the Brazilian capital.
The Venezuelan government summoned the ambassador on October 30 after rejecting the “interference and rude” statements of senior Brazilian government officials in relation to the Venezuelan elections and Brazil’s decision to veto Venezuela’s entry into the group of countries associated with the BRICS.
The return of the ambassador occurs after last Sunday, the Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, distanced himself from the Venezuelan crisis stating that Nicolás Maduro “is not a problem for Brazil”, but for Caracas.
On Monday, Maduro said that Lula scored a point in his favor by not giving his opinion on the situation in the Caribbean country.
Since the Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE) declared Maduro’s victory in the July 28 elections, the Brazilian president has tried to mediate in the conflict.
The Brazilian government has demanded that the authorities of the Caribbean country publish the supports confirming Maduro’s re-election, a request that has been ignored by Caracas.
Given the non-publication of the minutes, Brazil has not recognized Maduro’s victory, nor has it recognized the opposition’s Edmundo González Urrutia.
Tension with Venezuela worsened last October when Lula’s government refused to accept Venezuela as a new associate member of the BRICS bloc, founded by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
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