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Bulletins and News Discussion from April 15th to April 21st, 2024 - Between The Darkness And The Dawn, There Rises A Red Star (hexbear.net)

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In Colombia, Lula and Petro will discuss Venezuela and the Amazon.

Lula da Silva is meeting Colombian President Gustavo Petro in Bogotá today. On the agenda are the elections in Venezuela, the Amazon, bilateral agreements and the invasion of the Mexican embassy in Ecuador.

The trip is short. Lula arrived in Colombia last night (15). As well as meeting Petro, the president is taking part in an economic forum and a book fair. He returns to Brazil at the end of the night.

This is Lula's second visit to Colombia this term. He was received by Petro in Leticia, a city in the Colombian Amazon on the border with Brazil, in July last year to discuss reducing deforestation in the region. The Colombian has also visited Brazil more than once.

Elected in the second half of 2022, the two are allies and usually have similar positions on international politics. Like Lula, Petro advocates strengthening Mercosur and encouraging sustainable development.

Elections in Venezuela

Concern about the elections in Venezuela. Political allies of Nicolás Maduro, the two presidents have already offered to monitor the elections, scheduled for the end of July. Two of Maduro's main opponents have been barred from taking part in the election, which has already raised alarm bells in Itamaraty.

Lula dealt with the case publicly. After opposition candidate Corina Yoris was prevented from registering, he said that Brazil would monitor the race closely.

Petro was of the same opinion. Last week, he personally visited Venezuela and pledged to help in the dialog between the opposition and the government to guarantee the integrity of the elections. But the main opposition failed to register.

The opposition candidate. The PUD (Democratic Unity Platform) coalition said it was prevented from accessing the system to register Corina Yoris, nominated by María Corina Machado. At the last minute, another opposition candidate (Manuel Rosales, a former rival of Hugo Chávez) decided (and succeeded) in registering to face Maduro in the polls.

Relationship in the Amazon

Petro and Lula are also expected to discuss the possibilities of sustainable development in the Amazon. With large populations on both sides of the Legal Amazon, the two countries have been discussing how to stimulate local economies, while at the same time worrying about the fight against deforestation.

A memorandum to combat human trafficking is also due to be signed. Almost 1,650 km long, the border between the two countries is almost entirely surrounded by forest, with drug and human trafficking points.

In the afternoon, Lula will attend the Brazil-Colombia Business Forum. The event is expected to bring together 300 businesspeople from both countries to discuss economic relations. There are around 70 Brazilian companies on Colombian soil.

To round off the visit, he will open the Bogotá International Book Fair. The Minister of Culture, Margareth Menezes, is also taking part. This is the largest literary fair in the country. The president is expected to make a brief speech.