On August 1, the Brazilian flag flew in front of the Argentine embassy in Caracas. After the expulsion of diplomats from seven Latin American countries who questioned Nicolas Maduro's supposed victory in the July 28 elections, Brazil agreed with the Venezuelan government to assume the protection of the embassies of Argentina and Peru. Argentine President Javier Milei thanked the gesture. Two days earlier, US President Joe Biden had called Brazilian President Lula da Silva to ask for his mediation in Venezuela.
But before Biden's request, Brazil was operating on the ground. It was the only country to send high-ranking politicians to accompany the electoral conflict. A day after the elections, Celso Amorim, former foreign minister during Lula's first two terms and current head of the Special Advisory Office of the Brazilian Presidency, met with Maduro. Subsequently, Brazil received opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia at the private residence of its ambassador in Caracas, as diplomatic sources confirm to elDiario.es.