Brazil’s Neves Slams Venezuela ‘Aggression’ in Failed Visit
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Lawmakers in Brasilia took Venezuelan authorities to task and Brazil’s opposition leader, Aecio Neves, accused the country of “aggression” following a fraught attempt to visit political prisoners in Caracas.
A group of Brazilian opposition senators who accompanied Neves flew out of Caracas’s airport just hours after arriving on Thursday. Government supporters and unscheduled road work blocked them from entering the city to visit jailed Venezuelan politicians Leopoldo Lopez and Antonio Ledezma as well as students on a hunger strike.