Mauricio Macri will meet Tabaré Vázquez to discuss Venezuela

February 12, 2019

President Mauricio Macri will travel to Uruguay to meet Tabaré Vázquez in the presidential ranch of Anchorena, in the department of Colonia, 200 km west of Montevideo.

The Presidents of Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez, and Argentina, Mauricio Macri, will meet this Wednesday with a "Open Agenda" and will try the difficult situation which runs through the government of Nicolás Maduro.

The meeting will take place at presidential stay of Anchorena, in the department of Colonia, 200 km west of Montevideo.

"The hot situation in Venezuela and the constant search for a consolidation of Mercosur will be topics that will surely be on the dialogue table"Says a source of the Uruguayan presidency.

The summit will be held in times of tension in Venezuela, when the opposition, led by the self-proclaimed president in charge Juan Guaidó, asks the army to ignore the order of President Nicolás Maduro to prevent the entry of American humanitarian aid.

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Last Thursday, they met in Montevideo, the International Contact Group, composed of eight European countries and three Latin American countries (Germany, France, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Ecuador and Costa Rica). After the meeting, they called on hold free presidential elections in Venezuela as a peaceful solution to the crisis of the Caribbean nation.

Argentina is part of the Lima group with Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay and Peru. And all of its members ignored Maduro's new tenure and accepted Juan Guaidó as a legitimate authority in Venezuela, after self-proclaiming president.

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However, Uruguay, which did not recognize it, maintains a neutral stance and advocates dialogue in order to avoid foreign intervention. He also signed the statement with the support group that integrates the European Union, in which transparent elections are held in the Caribbean country.

In the meantime, another question that could slip into the meeting is the candidacy to organization of the 2030 world cupthat both countries hope to prepare jointly with Paraguay.