Flash trip from Macri to Uruguay to discuss Tabaré's position on Venezuela

With an "open agenda" and the Venezuelan conflict as a backdrop, President Mauricio Macri will visit Uruguay on Wednesday to meet his counterpart Tabaré Vázquez at the Anchorena residence in Colonia.

As confirmed at Infobae qualified sources of the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Uruguayan Diplomacy, Macri requested that the meeting be an "emergency" and Vázquez immediately agreed Make a place in your agenda to meet the leader of change.

The same sources consulted stressed that Macri's idea was to deal directly with the situation in Venezuela, taking into account that Uruguay was part of Mercosur and offered a position of support for Nicolás Maduro's regime. contrasting openly with the questions that Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay posed in unison.

The presidency of Uruguay confirmed the meeting between Vázquez and Macri. They badured that the meeting would include an "open agenda" and announced that there would be no press conference, but that a joint statement will be issued. Macri will travel by helicopter with Secretary of Strategic Affairs Fulvio Pompeo and a guard.

The meeting will be held in the Aarón National Park of Anchorena (Colonia) and, although the agenda is broad, the Argentinean government said that Macri wanted to hear Vázquez's position on Maduro personally, which contradicts the 39, general idea of ​​the region. In fact, Uruguay has defended the Chavan leader and does not recognize acting president Juan Guaidó.

Macri's flash trip is part of its strategy to position itself as the regional leader of the opposition in Maduro. Argentina's intention is to exert the greatest possible pressure against the successor of Hugo Chávez.