Brazilian Foreign Minister Carlos Franca raised the possibility of reestablishing diplomatic relations with Venezuela.
"At a time when the United States is analyzing an exception to the embargo on Venezuelan oil exports, it really seems to me that we can think about reevaluating this issue of diplomatic relations," he said at a Senate hearing.
The public approach represents a turn in the foreign policy of Brazil, whose government broke diplomatic relations since Jair Bolsonaro came to power in January 2019.
Franca acknowledged that requests for bilateral relations to be restored are multiplying, both from the allies and from the opposition. “It is an issue that is the subject of daily reflection,” she said.
He also stressed that "if at some point that is possible, the rapprochement with Venezuela, we can begin by reestablishing consular relations."
Senator Chico Rodrigues, from the border state of Roraima (northern Brazil), affirmed that the Brazilian government is already considering the possibility of reopening a consulate, to serve the almost 25.000 Brazilians who live in Venezuela.
