'Asking an arsonist to put out a fire': climate offender Maduro makes Cop27 comeback

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Source: The Guardian

‘Asking an arsonist to put out a fire’: climate offender Maduro makes Cop27 comeback

Despite an abysmal environmental and human rights record, Venezuela’s president is back on the international stage

Luke Taylor
Thu 17 Nov 2022 05.30 EST
Last modified on Thu 17 Nov 2022 12.44 EST

It is unclear whether Cop27 will have any real impact on efforts to halt climate change but one leader is likely to return from the international summit feeling that the trip to Egypt was well worth it: the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro.

After years of being frozen out of international relations the Latin American dictator used Cop27 to clearly – if controversially – demonstrate that he is back on the international stage.

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The US state department spokesman, Ned Price, played down the significance of Maduro’s “very much unplanned interaction” with Kerry. The former secretary of state “was caught by surprise” at Cop27, Price said.

But the presence of Maduro – who has one of Latin America’s worst environmental and human rights records – made leaders at the summit visibly uncomfortable and puzzled analysts.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/17/nicolas-maduro-cop27-climate-offender-venezuela

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