Brazil's Lula seeks dialogue with both Venezuelan government and opposition

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and Brazil's envoy Celso Amorim meet, in Caracas, Venezuela March 8, 2023. Marcelo Garcia/Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS

BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Brazilian president's top foreign policy adviser has met with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in the first outreach by Brazil's new leftist administration to both the government and its opposition.

The visit to Maduro on Wednesday by adviser Celso Amorim was organized in secrecy by Brazil and only became public when Maduro posted photos on Twitter.