Venezuela Ratchets Up Rhetoric Against Brazil Over BRICS Veto
- Ambassador recalled; Lula’s foreign policy chief to be barred
- Maduro waiting on Brazilian counterpart to speak for himself
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Relations between Venezuela and Brazil are deteriorating quickly after Nicolas Maduro’s hopes of joining the BRICS bloc of emerging market countries were dashed by his neighbor.
A key Maduro ally lashed out Wednesday at one of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s top aides, saying he was serving US interests and would be declared persona non grata by Venezuela’s legislature.