The government of Brazil has stopped acting as Argentina’s consular representation in Venezuela and withdrawn from the Caracas embassy, a diplomatic source confirmed to the Herald. Brazil had been providing consular and legal assistance to Argentine citizens in Venezuela since August 2024, when Buenos Aires and Caracas broke ties. Local media reported that Da Silva did not want to meet his Argentine counterpart, Javier Milei. “Attacking countries, in flagrant violation of international law, is the first step to a world of violence, chaos, and instability, where the law of the strongest prevails over multilateralism,” Da Silva said. Brazil took over Argentina’s embassy in Caracas after the Nicolás Maduro government gave Buenos Aires a 72-hour deadline to leave.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald January 16, 2026 23:55 UTC