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Lula to make CELAC flying visit amid US pressure on Venezuela
Despite COP30 beginning on Monday, US-Venezuela tensions have led President Lula to decide he needs to fly to Colombia this weekend. Photo: Ricardo Stuckert/PR
COP30 activities have already kicked off in Belém (more below), but Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will leave the Amazonian city this Sunday for a brief but politically charged trip to Colombia. He is expected to be back in time for the official start of the UN Climate Conference on Monday.
Lula will attend the…
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