FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives for a closed intelligence briefing for members of the House of Representatives on the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 13, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
BRASILIA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed Venezuela with Brazil’s new right-wing government on Wednesday in the context of what he termed a joint-front against authoritarian regimes in Latin America.
Speaking to reporters after meeting with Brazil’s new Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo, Pompeo named Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua as countries that do not have shared democratic values.
“We have an opportunity to work alongside each other against authoritarian regimes,” he said of U.S.-Brazil relations, a day after the inauguration of far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
Reporting by Mary Milliken and Anthony Boadle; Editing by Daniel Flynn