BRASÍLIA, DF (FOLHAPRESS) - Itamaraty stated, this Friday (21), that Venezuela granted the agrément (diplomatic endorsement) to Guilherme de Aguiar Patriota, a diplomat appointed by the Lula (PT) government to head the Brazilian embassy in Caracas. Patriota will undergo a hearing in the Senate, with no scheduled date yet.
Venezuela grants endorsement to new Brazilian ambassador in Caracas
BRASÍLIA, DF (FOLHAPRESS) - Itamaraty stated, this Friday (21), that Venezuela granted the agrément (diplomatic endorsement) to Guilherme de Aguiar Patriota, a diplomat appointed by the Lula (PT) government to head the Brazilian embassy in...
At the end of the process, the ambassador will replace Glivânia Maria de Oliveira, currently in office. She is 1 of only 2 women to head a Brazilian embassy in South America, out of a total of 11 posts.
- According to the ambassador's profile on the Itamaraty website, Patriota has been a career diplomat since 1983.
- In 1990, he was appointed to Brazil's mission to the OAS, in Washington, and was Brazil's delegate to Mercosur and the Latin American Integration Association (Aladi), in 1994.
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At the end of the process, the ambassador will replace Glivânia Maria de Oliveira, currently in office. She is 1 of only 2 women to head a Brazilian embassy in South America, out of a total of 11 posts.
According to the ambassador's profile on the Itamaraty website, Patriota has been a career diplomat since 1983. In 1990, he was appointed to Brazil's mission to the OAS, in Washington, and was Brazil's delegate to Mercosur and the Latin American Integration Association (Aladi), in 1994. In 1997, he served at the Brazilian embassy in Wellington, New Zealand.
Still according to the profile, Patriota was a foreign policy advisor to the Presidency from 2010 to 2013, during the government of Dilma Rousseff (PT). From 2019 onwards, he was consul general of Brazil in Mumbai and then in Tokyo.
Although it is a post in a large neighboring country, with a recent history of serious political and humanitarian crisis, as well as currently immersed in a complex relationship with the government of the American Donald Trump, Caracas is considered a D post on the Itamaraty scale, the lowest level.
Level A positions are the most prestigious, such as Washington, Paris and Tokyo, among others, where the level of representation is the highest. The scale does not necessarily mean diplomatic importance, and also indicates the level of challenge of the locations, both political and structural - in addition to Caracas, capitals such as Kabul, Kinshasa and Port-au-Prince are considered level D.
After the United States military operation that captured the dictator Nicolás Maduro, in January this year, the Brazilian government hours later recognized Maduro's deputy, Delcy Rodríguez, as the country's interim leader.
Glivânia Maria de Oliveira, the Brazilian ambassador in Caracas, attended Delcy's inauguration days later, reinforcing the Brazilian government's prioritization of stability amid the crisis.
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