Episode
What happened to Brazil-Venezuela relations? (preview)
- Podcast
- Explaining Brazil
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- Jan 16, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 919
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Summary
Lula did not recognize Maduro’s 2024 election win, but his first two terms in office in the 2000s saw him make South American integration a top priority of Brazil’s foreign policy, and maintain close ties with the Hugo Chavez government of the time. Venezuela held the world’s largest oil reserves. It was a country with limited development in other sectors, highly dependent on imports, and eager to challenge a US-led world order. Brazil, meanwhile, had industrial goods, construction companies...