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Brazil–Venezuela Relations
Brazil and Venezuela maintain diplomatic relations. History 2000–2010 In 2001, Venezuela and Brazil opened a high-voltage power line between the two countries to supply electricity from Venezuela to energy-starved northern Brazil. The line provides cheap hydro-electric power to Brazil and also earns Venezuela tens of millions of dollars every year. In 2007, Brazil and Venezuela pledged closer trade and energy ties, including building a new oil refinery in Brazil. The $4.5bn refinery scheme to be completed in 2010 will be 40% owned by Venezuela's state oil firm PDVSA, while Brazil's national oil firm Petrobras will hold the rest. Brazil president Lula was close with Venezuela's president Hugo Chávez.Terrence McCoy and Marina Dias (May 20, 2023)"Brazil’s Lula promised to save democracy. Why is he embracing Maduro?"''The Washington Post''. In November 2007, Lula defended Chávez as the democratic choice of his people. He said: "There is no risk with Chávez." Expre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 States of Brazil, states and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese language, Portuguese as an List of territorial entities where Portuguese is an official language, official language and the only one in the Americas; one of the most Multiculturalism, multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass Immigration to Brazil, immigration from around the world; and the most populous Catholic Church by country, Roman Catholic-majority country. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauro Vieira
Mauro Luiz Iecker Vieira (born 15 February 1951) is a Brazilian diplomat serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil since 1 January 2023 under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Vieira occupied the same office between 2015 and 2016 during President Dilma Rousseff's second term. Biography Mauro Luiz Iecker Vieira was born in Rio de Janeiro. He has a bachelor's degree in Law from the Fluminense Federal University (UFF), and graduated from the Brazilian diplomatic academy, the Rio Branco Institute, in 1974. Career As a career diplomat he served at the Brazilian embassy in Washington, D.C., from 1978 to 1982 and at the Brazilian Mission to the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) in Montevideo from 1982 to 1985. After a period back in Brasília, he then served at the Brazilian embassy in Mexico City (1990-1992) and at the Embassy in Paris (1995-1999). He was nominated Brazil's ambassador to Argentina in Buenos Aires from 2004 to 2010 and since then was the Brazil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil–Venezuela Relations
Brazil and Venezuela maintain diplomatic relations. History 2000–2010 In 2001, Venezuela and Brazil opened a high-voltage power line between the two countries to supply electricity from Venezuela to energy-starved northern Brazil. The line provides cheap hydro-electric power to Brazil and also earns Venezuela tens of millions of dollars every year. In 2007, Brazil and Venezuela pledged closer trade and energy ties, including building a new oil refinery in Brazil. The $4.5bn refinery scheme to be completed in 2010 will be 40% owned by Venezuela's state oil firm PDVSA, while Brazil's national oil firm Petrobras will hold the rest. Brazil president Lula was close with Venezuela's president Hugo Chávez.Terrence McCoy and Marina Dias (May 20, 2023)"Brazil’s Lula promised to save democracy. Why is he embracing Maduro?"''The Washington Post''. In November 2007, Lula defended Chávez as the democratic choice of his people. He said: "There is no risk with Chávez." Expre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanctions During The Venezuelan Crisis
During the crisis in Venezuela, governments of the United States, the European Union, Canada, Mexico, Panama and Switzerland have applied sanctions against Venezuela, as well as against specific government entities and individuals associated with the administration of Nicolás Maduro. The sanctions came in response to repression during the 2014 Venezuelan protests, 2014 and the 2017 Venezuelan protests, and activities both during the 2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election, 2017 Constituent Assembly election and the 2018 Venezuelan presidential election, 2018 presidential election. Analysts, including the US Government Accountability Office, have concluded that these sanctions have likely contributed to the existing decline of the Venezuelan economy. According to a 2023 poll, 74% of Venezuelans do not support the sanctions. In March 2015, the Obama administration imposed asset and visa sanctions against 110 Venezuelan individuals, and eight entities. Sanctions were placed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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