During the CELAC summit, Lula and Maduro discuss partnerships, elections in Venezuela, and illegal mining

Brazilian and Venezuelan presidents hold bilateral meeting Sputnik - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Maduro, spoke for over an hour on Friday (1st), on the sidelines of the 8th CELAC Summit, in Kingstown, the capital of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, in the Caribbean. The meeting, attended by Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, covered topics such as bilateral trade, partnerships to comb…