Venezuela's Maduro Visits Uruguay On First Overseas Trip Since Becoming President
Venezuela's Maduro Visits Uruguay On First Overseas Trip Since Becoming President
CARACAS, May 6 (BERNAMA-NNN-MERCOPRESS) -- Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro begins Tuesday a three-nation official tour of South American countries, the first overseas trip since his presidential election last month.
His first stop-over will be a one-day visit to Uruguay when he will be meeting with head of state Jose Mujica and former president Tabare Vazquez.
On Wednesday he plans to fly to Argentina and the following day, Brazil.
The visit comes ahead of another event at the end of June when he will officially take the Mercosur rotating chair in Montevideo from President Mujica.
Tuesday morning Maduro will hold a first half hour private meeting with Mujica and later they will be joined by their ministers and advisors to review a long list of cooperation programmes many supported by the Artigas-Bolivar fund which is financed by Venezuelan oil sales to Uruguay.
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