Argentina's President Mauricio Macri walks near Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro during a meeting in Brasilia, Brazil, Brazil January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro and Argentina's President Mauricio Macri said after their first meeting on Wednesday that they agreed on opposing Venezuela's authoritarian government, with Macri calling Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro a "dictator."
They also agreed to continue integrating their economies by "perfecting" the South American trade bloc Mercosur and pressing ahead with negotiations that are already underway, such as an almost completed free-trade accord with the European Union.
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