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May
The presidents of Uruguay and Chile criticized the support that the president of Brazil imparted to his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Madurowhich highlights the challenges facing South American leaders meeting in Brasilia to build consensus and expand cooperation in the region. The President of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pousaid on Tuesday that he was “surprisedto listen to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to say that a “narrative of anti-democracy and authoritarianism” to hurt Maduro. The Brazilian president had made those statements during a press conference on Monday, after receiving his Venezuelan counterpart for a bilateral meeting in the nation's capital. Latin American…