US EditionBrazil's Lula, Argentina's Milei Clash over Venezuela at Mercosur Summit
At the Mercosur summit, Lula warned of a Venezuelan conflict causing humanitarian disaster while Milei supported US hardline tactics amid stalled EU trade deal talks.
- On Saturday, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Argentina's Javier Milei openly clashed at the Mercosur summit in Foz do Iguaçu while a future EU‑Mercosur trade deal was on the agenda.
- Lula warned that 'An armed intervention in Venezuela would be a humanitarian catastrophe for the hemisphere and a dangerous precedent for the world,' while Milei praised U.S. pressure on Caracas.
- On the trade front, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay had hoped to seal an EU trade pact on Saturday but the signing was postponed to January 12, while Uruguayan president Yamandu Orsi and Paraguayan president Santiago Peña attended the summit.
- U.S. activity in the Caribbean and Pacific has heightened concerns discussed at the summit, as U.S. forces increased presence and imposed a blockade on sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers.
- Farmers' protests and political opposition in Europe have complicated the pact's path to ratification, as farmers in France and Italy oppose it while Germany and Spain support it; Bolivia remains the newest full Mercosur member but is excluded from the deal.
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This Saturday began the Mercosur Summit in the city of Foz de Iguazú in Brazil in which Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva spoke, as host of the event, Javier Milei of Argentina, Santiago Peña of Paraguay, Yamdu Orsi of Uruguay and José Raúl Mulino of Panama. During the day each president gave a speech in which they addressed various issues and in which the difference between the positions of the Brazilian president and the Argentine president…
The Mercosur summit is held this weekend in the Brazilian city of Foz do Iguaçu. The meeting takes place as the threat of a North American intervention in Venezuela increases tensions in the region and divides Mercosur. Brazilian President Lula warned against a "humanitarian catastrophe" in the event of an armed conflict in Venezuela while his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei praised the US "pressure" on Caracas.
Brazilian President Lula warned against a "humanitarian disaster" in the event of an armed conflict in Venezuela, Saturday at the Mercosur summit in Foz do Iguaçu in Brazil, where his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei praised the US "pressure" on Caracas. ...
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Brazil's Lula, Argentina's Milei clash over Venezuela at Mercosur summit
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Argentina's Javier Milei on Saturday openly clashed at a regional summit about the fate of Venezuela, as US President Donald Trump ratchets up the pressure on Caracas.
Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. Brazil’s President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, said this Saturday during a summit with his Mercosur counterparts that a war in Venezuela would cause “a humanitarian catastrophe.” US President Donald Trump is carrying out a campaign of attacks against vessels of alleged drug traffickers in waters close to Venezuela and on Friday he did not rule out a war with the Caribbean country. “Four decades after the Falklands war, the…
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