Maduro and Lula Meet in Brazil to Strengthen Relations.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro visited Brazil and met with former Brazilian President Lula da Silva, marking a warming of relations between the two South American nations. The two leaders discussed normalizing relations and reopening embassies, and Maduro proposed that South America ask the US to lift its sanctions against Venezuela. Lula is hoping that this week's regional summit will be an opportunity for greater integration and a test of leaders' willingness to cooperate through a revived Union of South American Nations.