Brazil Lula does not have consensus to resurrect Unasur, in a Summit that is expected to be stormy for its strong support for Maduro. Lula ignored – he does so whenever he refers to Venezuela – the violations of human rights, the dictatorial profile of Maduro and the exile of more than seven million Venezuelans.
The criticism came even from sectors that have historically welcomed the governments of the Workers' Party (PT). Lula's astonishingly fawning rhetoric regarding Maduro is far more damaging to the Brazilian government's international reputation than anything Lula has said or done so far.