Macri goes to Uruguay to talk with Venezuela about Tabaré Vázquez – 02/11/2019

The Presidents of Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez, and Argentina, Mauricio Macri, will meet on Wednesday an "open agenda" that will include the theme of the political crisis that Venezuela is going through, announced Monday the Uruguayan presidency.

The meeting will be held in the presidential residence of Anchorena, in the department of Colonia, 200 km west of Montevideo.

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"The burning situation in Venezuela and the constant search for a consolidation of Mercosur will be issues that will surely be on the table of dialogue," AFP told a meeting in camera after a meeting. source of the Uruguayan presidency.

The summit will be held in times of tension in Venezuela, when the opposition, led by self-proclaimed President Juan Guaidó, will urge the army not to follow the order of President Nicolás Maduro to prevent corruption. Entry of United States humanitarian aid.

After a meeting last Thursday in Montevideo, the international contact group, made up of eight European countries and three Latin American countries (Germany, France, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Ecuador and Costa Rica)), on Thursday launched a call for the holding of free presidential elections in Venezuela, a peaceful solution to the crisis of the Caribbean nation.

Argentina is one of 11 countries in the Lima group (made up of 14 nations) to recognize Guaidó, while Uruguay refuses to recognize the Venezuelan politician's self-proclamation and has embarked on a dialogue to avoid foreign intervention. But he also signed the statement with the support group that integrates the European Union, in which transparent elections are held in the Caribbean country.

Vázquez and Macri, who have good relations, could return to speak at the time of the 2030 World Cup bid, which Uruguay and Argentina aspire to organize together with Paraguay, an initiative launched in the past by the two leaders.

Source: AFP

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