Venezuela’s Maduro Skipped Brazil’s Amazon Summit at the Last Minute – Few Believe His Medical Reasons – He May Have Feared Arrest on US DOJ Drug Trafficking Warrant
The Amazon Summit unsurprisingly reached its end without any significant deal or declaration between the 8 participants. While the meeting does serve as an initial attempt to form a common front for the South-American countries, it was mostly a chance for Brazil’s Lula to grandstand and get away from his frustrating domestic agenda.
One of the most relevant aspects of the summit ended up being an absence – not of France’s Macron, mind you, but the surprise decision of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro not to participate. That was a blow to Lula’s diplomatic efforts.
O Globo reported:
“The government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has not been officially informed about the non- participation of the President of Venezuela ,
