Macri goes to Uruguay to divert support from Tabaré to Maduro

The critical situation in Venezuela and the position of President Tabaré Vázquez in the management of Nicolás Maduro mobilized his Argentinian counterpart, Mauricio Macri, for an open meeting on the agenda on Wednesday. Uruguay.

The meeting that was to take place at the Anchorena residence in Cologne was an express request from Macri and an "emergency". The Uruguayan President accepted the invitation and modified his agenda to be able to clarify the meeting, according to sources confirmed by the Argentine Foreign Ministry.

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The overriding objective of Macri is to raise the Venezuelan crisis without problems, given that Uruguay, which is part of Mercosur, supports the Nicolás Maduro regime, while Argentina, as well as the Brazil and Paraguay have expressed doubts about the leadership of the chavist leader.

Although it has already been stated that there will be no press conference, the two Presidencies have confirmed that at the end of the meeting they will make a joint declaration. .

Macri will be accompanied by Secretary of Strategic Affairs Fulvio Pompeo and a guard.

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The Argentine president is seeking to position himself as regional leader of the opposition in Maduro and to intensify the pressure against a regime in crisis.